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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Subaru owners:  compared to a V6 isn’t the 4 cylinder (only available engine) underpowered?  And if turbocharged, is the turbo engagement sudden or unnoticeable?[/quote]

Subaru owner and total non-car-person here.  I see all these assertions it's underpowered ... I guess?  I drive the speed limit, or more often under the speed limit in heavy DC area traffic.  Merging in traffic does not require a ton of oomph.  It just never really comes up for me.  I could not tell you if turbo engagement happens at all, which might mean it's unnoticeable or that I don't use it.

The car handles uphills really well, if that's relevant.  [/quote]

I test drove the turbocharged 4-cylinder 2020 Outback and its very smooth. 
We still ended up going with the regular 2.5 non-turbocharged 2019 Outback because it was so much cheaper.

That said I've done a bunch of off-road driving with our stock Outback - drove 60 miles off-road in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Park. Did some really rough off-roading in Joshua Tree NP last weekend with my friends, who were driving a $60K Jeep. Subaru's X-Mode is great for sending power to the wheels when you're rock crawling or steep climbing.[/quote]

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