Taking the Competition to School
Putting their best foot forward is the best way to describe how automakers approach the motoring press. Rare is the occasion
I was delighted to learn that this week's tester, the 2005 Subaru Legacy, was the loaded-to-the-turbo-teeth GT Limited edition model. (Photo: Subaru of America) |
Sometimes it would be nice, I'll lament as I sit at the birds-eye maple steering wheel of still another $40,000 sport sedan breathing in that intoxicating mix of 'new car smell' and newly stretched leather, if I could drive a simple car, an everyday-man car. Do they even build cars with hand crank windows anymore? Manual side mirrors?
That said, I was delighted to learn that this week's tester, the 2005 Subaru
Subaru's foray into World Rally Championship racing has turned a rather staid brand into one of the sexier sport sedan manufacturers. (Photo: of America) |
A decade ago it would be difficult to get too excited about a new Subaru, but the Japanese automaker's foray into World Rally Championship racing has turned a rather staid brand into one of the sexier sport sedan manufacturers. And the new Legacy GT is the embodiment of that notion.