Subaru Outback 2.0D RE

WHAT IS IT? The Outback is what some may describe as a "Soft Roader", not an off roader to compete with the Land Rovers of this world, but a niche model competing with Audi's All-Road and Volvo's XC70, both four wheel drive estate cars with raised suspension and appropriately butch body appendages. This is a very specific and specialised area of the car market, these cars more often than not, found fulfilling the role of a (slightly dubious) fashion statement rather than that of a comfortable, yet practical and rugged, estate car capable of towing a horse box out of a muddy gymkhana paddock. Realistically the claimed 200mm of ...