Subaru Wilderness

The Outback Wilderness offers a revised front grille within its new front bumper and a reworked rear bumper, larger wheel-arch cladding along with black exterior trim on door mirrors, window moldings, roof rails, front grille and badging. Plus, a black hood decal is included to minimize sun glare on bright, off-road trails. The addition of a front-view camera provides a nearly 180-degree view in front of the vehicle. LED hexagonal fog lamps are added for additional visibility when driving over rugged terrain. Finally, the undercarriage features four skid plates in total: two under the engine, as well as skid plates under both the transmission and rear differential.

The Outback Wilderness features a 2.4L, 4-cylinder Subaru Boxer engine with direct-injection and a turbocharger that provides 260 horsepower. An off-road suspension design provides an increased total ground clearance of 240 millimeters (9.5 Inches) while approach, departure and break-over angles are also increased over the standard model: 20.0-degrees (+1.4), 23.6-degrees (+1.9) and 21.2-degrees (+1.8) respectively. Body width is increased by 40 millimeters with slightly widened front and rear tracks. It stands on All-Terrain Bridgestone Dueler tires to provide more grip that stand out nicely against matte-black finish alloy wheels.

The Outback Wilderness also features fixed roof rails that offer 318 kilograms of static load capacity with 4-tie-down points, as well as front and rear tow-point covers that allow for ease of access. The turbocharged Subaru Boxer engine provides 1,588 kilograms (3,500 lbs.) of towing capacity.

The X-MODE system, which complements Subaru’s symmetrical full-time All-Wheel Drive, offers enhanced control logic allowing the system to operate at higher vehicle speeds, such as when driving down ice, dirt, mud, or gravel roads. Also, the driver can now track roll angle information right from the X-MODE display screen.

The interior combines durable all-weather upholstery and Wilderness logo-embossed headrests with features including anodized copper-finish accents, a black headliner and overhead trim, gunmetal interior trim, exclusive all-weather rubber floor liners, and rugged, alloy pedals. The interior also features LED rear gate lamps, which improve lighting in the cargo area and a heated steering wheel for Canadian winters.

All the Outback Wilderness’ safety systems have been recalibrated for their equipment and specific handling characteristics, including the standard EyeSight Driver Assist Technology, which uses two cameras to monitor on-road activity and provide four different types of preventative assistance to the driver.