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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Subaru Outback - An Alternative to SUV

Why buy a full size SUV when the cross-over does the job (Chevy Tahoe vs Chevy Traverse)? Often the "special needs" come with many mechanical baggage - weight, additional horsepower and fuel burns.

How fast do we need to go? How fast a car need to go to make freeway merging safe?



We turned away the mini-vans to SUV, and now cross-overs. What we want is a vehicle with useful space while deliver the fuel economy we can bear. So what's the next vehicle that will do it all?

Space - comfortable room for 5, plenty of legrooms and cargo space.
Go anywhere attitude - all wheel drives
Fuel economy - 30mpg freeway, 25 mix driving, 22 city (better than cross-over, better than SUV)

What come to my mind are the Honda CR-V, Subaru Outback, RAV 4, Mazda5, Escape or GMC Terrain

For the money - Mazda5 - is cheap
RAV 4, CR-V - have the reliability and reputation for a good car
My pick is the Subaru Outback because it is wider than the most, with the seat folded down, - the cargo space is astonishing.





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