1993 loyale 2wd 5speed repeating itself any day now would be Absolutely Perfect. the mention of no boxer engine in the lack of awd is saving nothing. Inlines suck. Keep getting the 4×4 boxer. Tiny inlines and 2wd is the very tragedy I thought Subaru conquered forever. To see it any sube (even the justy) is ashame for the name. Put a 2.5 SOHC in a 2wd and watch what legend it makes on its own.

I don’t think they’ll ditch AWD across the entire fleet either and I never thought AWD actually affected mileage much. Subaru is like the Porsche of off road racing and they rely on that heritage somewhat to sell their street cars. Still though I’d like to see them utilize part time AWD like Porsche has in some of their vehicles. It allows the car to be RWD or whatever until the computer senses a traction loss in the main drive wheels and sends power to the front depending on which wheel has the most traction. A system like that can be expensive, which is probably why Porsche is the only one to use it that I’m aware of.

I don’t think anyone is implying that Subaru won’t sell AWD – it’s just that they won’t sell *exclusively* AWD, which I think is a fine decision. AWD really does reduce fuel economy and across an entire model line, that really adds up. As much as I love that sweet sweet snow handling, not everyone needs it.

unless you’re offroad, FWD always gets you there. If gas leaves $3.00 USD far behind, all options are on the table for consumers.
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The specialists become extinct. The versatile survive.

Wow, Guess that’s good news for Mistubishi. Bet once Subaru stops selling AWD the Evo’s will start selling like hotcakes…

I never thought that the AWD really hindered the Fuel Mileage.

Whats that ?!?! This just in Subaru to become totally useless.