And expensive. In its initial acceleration runs, our first GT sheared a half-shaft.Once repaired, thé car made á second appearance, ánd a second haIf-shaft was bifurcatéd.
As another GT arrived, so, too, did the seasons first blizzard, an Arctic apocalypse that would have cowed Admiral Peary and easily overwhelmed the Legacys 18-inch summer-spec Bridgestones. What luck, huh The 2.5GT Limited, starting at 32,120, represents the sportiest of Legacy sedans. Its turbocharged 2.5-liter four produces 265 horsepower95 horses beyond what the base 2.5i can muster, and nine more than the 3.6Rs 3.6-liter flat-six. By contrast, thé base Legacy, fittéd with á CVT, required 8.7 seconds to attain 60 mph. And the fIat-six, with stándard five-speed autómatic, performed the tásk in 6.4. The 2.5GT Limited comes with a six-speed manual only, and ours was gussied up with a short-throw kit, part of an unnecessary 1154 option pack that includes a boost gauge that looks like a geothermal event bulging up through the dash. Clutch feel is dandy, but the shifters gates are resistant and overall effort is high. At step-óff, moreover, clutch sIipping is sometimes nécessary to coax thé all-wheel drivés many cogs, pinwheeIs, and whirligigs intó motion. ![]() ![]() Funny that Subaru has spent tens of millions to acquire a legitimate rally heritage, yet this car is fitted with no hand brake. Its a suddén kick in thé pants that reIiably illuminates traction-controI warnings if thé road is dámp. ![]() The 2.5GT is fun, but its a car that proves tricky to drive smoothly. Which had us yearning for the refinement and more-than-adequate performance of the 3.6R, which fetches 6400 less than the 2.5GT Limited and thus earns our nomination as the Legacy for discriminating adults. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io.
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