RE: Subaru Legacy Turbo: Shed Of The Week
Discussion
A colleague of mine got one of these in the late nineties, he lived ina ropey-ish area and he wanted an Impreza but it would have minutes so he thought he was diverting the scrotes from his car, few mods and a nice stereo system installed, all very sleeper-ish, didn't work 
Edited by J4CKO on Sunday 18th October 16:15
GravelBen said:
SOTW said:
This '95 example is from the second generation, produced from '93 to '99. This was a car that resonated well with European owners, scoring high marks in most of the major satisfaction surveys. Some of the Legacy's rear details give a clear nod to the SVX, Subaru's cryptic 3.3-litre flat-six coupe.
Er... thats not a '95, or a second gen Legacy. Its a 1st-gen, looks like the facelift front end which would make it '91-'93. Random Subaru fact, the 1st gen Legacy turbo had a water/air chargecooler instead of the air/air intercooler of the later versions.As for giving a nod to the SVX, the Legacy was in production first so its more the SVX giving the nod really.
Good cars though and a good shed choice. Still a few guys having a lot of fun rallying old Legacies down here too.
I had a '90 2.0NA 4cam version, only 150bhp but loved to rev... 60mph was about 7700rpm in second gear.
Hmm, I like this! Purely by co-incidence I have been looking at the prices of the Spec B model this week, but an early 2 litre is very tempting.
As a measure of how things have progressed however, the Autocar road test figures printed on the previous page show almost identical 0-100, 0-120 and 30-70 figures to the 2012 BMW 320d (yes, sadly I have knowledge like this stored in my head), which does more than twice the MPG than the scoob, has 13 BHP less and weighs 100KG more....
As a measure of how things have progressed however, the Autocar road test figures printed on the previous page show almost identical 0-100, 0-120 and 30-70 figures to the 2012 BMW 320d (yes, sadly I have knowledge like this stored in my head), which does more than twice the MPG than the scoob, has 13 BHP less and weighs 100KG more....
GreenArrow said:
Hmm, I like this! Purely by co-incidence I have been looking at the prices of the Spec B model this week, but an early 2 litre is very tempting.
As a measure of how things have progressed however, the Autocar road test figures printed on the previous page show almost identical 0-100, 0-120 and 30-70 figures to the 2012 BMW 320d (yes, sadly I have knowledge like this stored in my head), which does more than twice the MPG than the scoob, has 13 BHP less and weighs 100KG more....
Yes, the 13bhp advantage of the Legacy won't negate the disadvantage off 4wd once you're up and running as both were tested in the dry.As a measure of how things have progressed however, the Autocar road test figures printed on the previous page show almost identical 0-100, 0-120 and 30-70 figures to the 2012 BMW 320d (yes, sadly I have knowledge like this stored in my head), which does more than twice the MPG than the scoob, has 13 BHP less and weighs 100KG more....
Check out the track testing ( worst mpg ) figures for both though! 20ish mpg
On a cruise or normal driving the diesel aces it
Something like a 1990 turbo rwd saloon with that power will still be a fair bit quicker as it doesn't have the weight of 4wd gubbins to lug around
mine was what l would call an almost perfect example as well. It cant be too much longer before these start picking up in price (the rs saloons)
Brilliant!
I had 2 4Cam Turbo estates in a row. Both good for almost 200k, astonishing handling and acceleration that properly shocked passengers and the unobservant boy racer.
Great Q cars. Very reliable, very good fun.
I once drove from the midlands to Glasgow via A68 (before speed cameras) mostly in 3rd - best day of driving I ever had. We lived in a dodgy area and the next day someone tried to steal the car in broad daylight. We called the police, who suggested (flatteringly) they wanted it as a getaway car and commented on the flysplats on the windscreen: "I ride a bike and you don't get splats that size below 100 do you, sir?"
I had 2 4Cam Turbo estates in a row. Both good for almost 200k, astonishing handling and acceleration that properly shocked passengers and the unobservant boy racer.
Great Q cars. Very reliable, very good fun.
I once drove from the midlands to Glasgow via A68 (before speed cameras) mostly in 3rd - best day of driving I ever had. We lived in a dodgy area and the next day someone tried to steal the car in broad daylight. We called the police, who suggested (flatteringly) they wanted it as a getaway car and commented on the flysplats on the windscreen: "I ride a bike and you don't get splats that size below 100 do you, sir?"
Edited by mintyminty on Friday 23 October 23:00
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