The Subaru 2015 Legacy. It’s more than a sedan. It’s a Subaru. Watch how much farther trust can take you with the all-new 2015 Legacy. This in-depth video shows you how this exceptionally well-built and reliable sedan earns an impressive 36 highway MPG with its retuned, smart Lineartronic® Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) and standard Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive. Plus, you’ll have comfort and peace of mind with its now roomier and upgraded cabin, and our driver-assist system, Subaru EyeSight®, watching the road ahead and ready to react to help you avoid trouble.
“…At the top of the list are the Subaru Legacy and Outback, which earned perfect scores in our tests for avoiding crashes at both 12 and 25 miles per hour.” – David Zuby, Chief Research Officer, IIHS.
Well, looks like Subaru has done it again – the IIHS reports that the Legacy and the Outback topped the list of vehicles with collision avoidance systems – rating best (IIHS rating of ‘superior’) in the industry. The IIHS studied over 70 midsize cars and SUV’s. The tests measured how responsive the avoidance systems are – alerting drivers about possible rear-end collisions, and whether the vehicles are able to avoid a crash or appropriately reduce their speed.
“Front crash prevention systems can add a thousand dollars or more to the cost of a new car,” said David Zuby, chief research officer at IIHS. “Our new ratings let consumers know which systems offer the most promise for the extra expense.” And there is good reason to pay attention to these statistics; according to 2011 Department of Transportation data, there were 1.7 million rear-end accidents in the U.S. alone that year, with 21 percent of those resulting in injuries.
Of the vehicles tested, the Subaru EyeSight collision avoidance system is the only system that automatically applied the brakes, and prevented the vehicles from hitting the target when traveling at the test speeds of 25 mph and 12 mph.
Watch a video of the results, here:
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By Alex Taylor III, senior editor-at-large, FORTUNE
FORTUNE — By the usual measurements, Subaru should be no more than an afterthought in the U.S. car market. It sells just seven car and crossover models and accounts for a slim 2.3% of U.S. auto sales. By itself, the Toyota Camry outsells the entire Subaru lineup. For years Subaru has been essentially a regional brand — strong in the Northeast and Northwest but unknown in the rest of the country. No overnight success, Subaru of America — the U.S. arm of Japan’s Fuji Heavy Industries — began selling cars in the U.S. 44 years ago and still ranks only 12th in size. Hyundai and Kia, which arrived two decades later, have developed broader product lines and sell several times more vehicles.
Yet Subaru has racked up more endorsements by independent arbiters of automotive quality and safety than just about any other manufacturer. Consumer Reports rates Subaru above Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and every other manufacturer in performance, comfort, utility, and reliability, and says the company makes the best cars in America. ALG (formerly Automotive Lease Guide), the industry’s arbiter of residual value and used-car prices, named Subaru the leader in retained value among mainstream brands. And after crash tests, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety made Subaru a “top safety pick” across its entire product line, a distinction no other manufacturer can claim…
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