Junkyard Gem: 2002 Subaru Outback H6-3.0 Sedan

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From model year 2005the Subaru Outback has been a model in its own right, a Legacy-based wagon or (from 2010) cross with ancestry directly traced to the 1990 all-wheel drive Legacy wagon. However, that was not always the case with the Outback name; subaru sold impreza interiors here since 1995 until 2000 model years, and Legacy Outback sedans were sold for model years 2000 through 2004. Not many were sold, but Coloradans love Subarus more than most people and I will see almost all Subaru models at local shipyards. sometime. Here’s a rare 2002 model with an H6 engine, recently found in a yard between Denver and Cheyenne.

This generation of Subaru Outback was still a legacy, officially speaking, but there were no legacy badging on the exterior of these cars. after 1999.

subaru sold a Legacy outdoor sedan here before 2000, but it was called Legacy SUS (Sport youutility SEdan). Every new Subaru sold in the United States had all-wheel drive as standard equipment starting in model year 1996.

Subaru developed a boxer-six engine for the alcyone (sold here as the XT/XT6 and later as the SVX) in the mid-1980s, and a 3.0-liter version became available on the Legacy Outback beginning with the 2001 model year. This was rated at 212 horsepower and 210 pound-feet.

Subaru didn’t have a transmission that could handle all that torque at the time, so all H6 Outbacks (and every other H6-powered Subaru sold in North America, for that matter) came with automatic transmissions. Many SVX owners have already manual shifted their cars, of course.

The MSRP for this car was $27,995, or about $47,713 in 2023 dollars. The extra charged Indoor VDC sedan listed for $30,395 ($51,803 in today’s money). if you wanted a new 2002 Audi Allroad Quattro With an automatic transmission, pricing started at $40,950 ($69,792 today).

Sedan-only hatchbacks on these cars must be hard to find, even in the Centennial State, which is why one junkyard buyer already bought this one.

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