Subaru is one of the most popular brands here in Colorado, but we haven’t gotten to review them for the past several years.
If you’ve just started following our adventures and reviews here at TFLcar, you may have noticed there’s one manufacturer largely missing from the lineup. Ironically, it’s one of the most popular car brands in our neck of the woods: Subaru. The Japanese automaker carries a huge following around here, and that’s no accident. They market their cars – specifically the Outback – directly at the sort of active, outdoor-minded folks that love to head to the mountains on the weekends. And yet, they won’t lend TFL any cars to review.
So, what can be done? We could borrow a Subaru – as we did a couple months ago – but there’s a problem. Since we did borrow it, we didn’t want to take the Outback on a run up Cliffhanger. We thought perhaps we could give the Outback a shot at redemption, but it was too risky. However, we did the next best thing. We bought our very own 2018 Subaru Outback. A moment, then, to welcome the newest member of TFL’s long-term fleet.
Check out the video below to see the Outback’s last attempt up Cliffhanger, one of our hardest off-road challenges: