Subaru Legacy

The 2025 Legacy in brief

The 2025 Subaru Legacy is a midsize car offered with 2 engines (2.5L 4-cyl and 2.4L 4-cyl turbo) and all-wheel drive.

It measures about 191 inches long and 72 inches wide on a 108-inch wheelbase, with a curb weight of roughly 3,541 lb (4dr Sedan).

EPA rates its most efficient version at 30 MPG combined (27 city / 35 highway), 0% better than the 2025 midsize car average of 30 MPG, for an estimated $2,250 a year in fuel.

In NHTSA crash testing it earned the top 5-star overall rating.

It has 0 recall campaigns on file and owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA since 2015, most often about the engine.

The Subaru Legacy has 8 model years in our data, from 2018 to 2025, classed as Midsize Cars, Large Cars.

Its most efficient year was 2025 at 30 MPG combined; across all years the best version ranged from 29 to 30 MPG.

Owners most often report problems with the visibility/wiper (157), electrical system (101), unknown or other (99).

Buying used? 2024 has the fewest problems in our data, and 2020 is the year to avoid.

2020 has the most recalls (6); all years together count 12 campaigns and 459 owner complaints.

How the 2018 Legacy compares

The 2018 Subaru Legacy is a midsize car offered with 2 engines (2.5L 4-cyl and 3.6L 6-cyl) and all-wheel drive.

It measures about 189 inches long and 72 inches wide on a 108-inch wheelbase, with a curb weight of roughly 3,402 lb (4dr Sedan 2.5i AWD).

About the Subaru Legacy

The Subaru Legacy was a mid-size car built by Japanese automobile manufacturer Subaru from 1989 to 2025. The maker's flagship car, it is unique in its class for offering all-wheel drive as a standard feature, and Subaru's traditional boxer engine.

From the Wikipedia article "Subaru Legacy", licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.