The 2018 Subaru Legacy near Baton Rouge, LA has safety, comfort, and performance as its top priorities. While it does maintain the automaker's usual impressive style, including an updated grille for this year's models, new C-shaped headlights, and a variety of interior improvements, these features aren't what sets it apart from the crowd. The Legacy remains competitive in its segment primarily thanks to its drivability, interior comfort, and family-friendliness.
Trim Levels
The Legacy is available in four trim levels: the 2.5i base model, and upgraded Premium, Sport, and Limited trims. Each of these trim levels features the automaker's already much-touted standard all-wheel drive and its advanced continuously variable transmission for smooth operation. Regardless of which trim level drivers choose, they can expect to comfortably seat four adults and take advantage of extensive standard features such as the Legacy's 6.5-inch touchscreen with Bluetooth and smartphone compatibility, all for a thoroughly reasonable price.
Contemporary Styling
This year's Legacy has a more visually impressive cabin, but it's also received a few exterior upgrades, already noted above. As far as interior comfort and style go, the Legacy's materials are higher-quality than its predecessors with noticeable real stitching on its door panels, seats, and dash and conservative updates to the line's already popular dash and doors. Higher trim levels are distinguished in design from base models through the addition of metallic or wood-grain trim, attractive blue-lit gauges, and a small LCD display that functions as both a navigation system and an infotainment system.
Interior Comfort
While it is technically considered a mid-size sedan, the Legacy offers impressive interior dimensions that come close to pushing it into the full-size category. It boasts 119.6 cubic feet of interior space, which is perfectly apportioned for accommodating passengers. Front-seat riders get firm and comfortable seating, while those riding in the rear seats can expect over 38 inches of leg room, allowing for a comfortable ride regardless of passengers' seating arrangements.
This interior comfort is perfectly complemented by a remarkably quiet cabin, with only the slightest amount of engine whine able to penetrate the vehicle's acoustic glass during periods of heavy acceleration. When this sedan is fully loaded down with four or five passengers it still manages to reserve 15 cubic feet of trunk space for cargo and the trunk's square-cut shape offers much easier access than most of the Legacy's competitors.
Driving and Performance
Drivers have two options when it comes to powering their new 2018 Legacies. They can opt for the standard 175hp 2.5L flat-four engine or upgrade to the 3.6L flat-6, provided they're willing to make the jump and upgrade to a Limited trim edition. Subaru's continuously variable automatic transmission was already leading the pack, but this year's CVT offers even better performance.
The 2018 Subaru Legacy near Baton Rouge, LA rides well on the road, especially for a sedan, thanks primarily to its flat cylinder arrangement. This manages to push the vehicle's center of gravity down, offering increased stability which, in conjunction with its advanced all-wheel-drive system and brake-based torque vectoring, makes for an incredibly smooth ride.
Impressive Safety
Subaru is known for producing safe and family-friendly vehicles, and the Legacy is certainly no exception. It received perfect crash-test scores from federal testers, receiving a five-star overall rating and five-star ratings in every subtest and performing similarly on IIHS testing. This helps to explain the IIHS's designation of the 2018 Legacy as a Top Safety Pick+.
In addition to scoring well on safety testing, the Legacy also offers comprehensive advanced safety features such as the automaker's active safety suite, known as EyeSight. This relatively recent addition to Subaru's already impressive array of safety features comes with forward collision warnings, automatic braking, active lane control, adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitoring, and rear cross-traffic alerts. This advanced safety suite utilizes windshield-mounted sensors to provide these industry-leading results, features plenty of optional upgrades, and is available on every trim level save the base.
Tech Features
The EyeSight advanced driver assist and active safety suite isn't the only technological innovation Subaru has introduced in recent years. All models of the Legacy have also received updates to their infotainment systems, which come standard with 6.5-inch touchscreens, Bluetooth and smartphone compatibility, USB ports, and rearview cameras. Those willing to upgrade to the Premium trim level will also get power-adjustable driver's seats, heated front seats, an upgraded six-speaker audio system, dual-zone climate control, a luxurious leather-wrapped steering wheel, and a larger, 8.0-inch touchscreen. The Limited trim pulls out all the stops, though, with leather upholstery, a Harman Kardon audio system, revised dampers, and power-adjustable passenger seats.
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