The Daybreak Blue Pearl is $395 extra. Imagine how good it would look with some pink STI accents.
The Daybreak Blue Pearl is $395 extra. Imagine how good it would look with some pink STI accents.
A more likely environment for the Trailseeker.
Subaru
A more likely environment for the Trailseeker.
Subaru
The Daybreak Blue Pearl is $395 extra. Imagine how good it would look with some pink STI accents.
A more likely environment for the Trailseeker.
Subaru
The electric Subaru and Toyota siblings give up some performance at the charging station, though, as the Trailseeker can only accept 150 kW of electrons. Subaru claims the area under the curve matters more and that battery preconditioning allows the Trailseeker to hold a higher charge rate for longer than the competition. (At the media drive program held in Southern California, the claimed 10–80 percent charge time of 28 minutes never came into play.)
Instead, Subaru built a small off-road course to test the Trailseekers alongside a fleet of Uncharteds, and the Trailseeker seemed more at home there than on the smaller urban runabout. The additional fractions of an inch of ground clearance may have mattered less than the more responsive all-wheel-drive system, which Subaru tuned independently of the rest of its chassis-mates to account for accelerator pedal inputs, steering angle, front-to-rear and left-right torque vectoring, and variable regen.
As rain fell on small, steep, and slippery obstacles, the Trailseeker appeared to need less time to deliver power, spinning the all-season Bridgestone tires less frequently despite a few hundred extra pounds of mass compared to the Uncharted. Activating X-Mode via the familiar center console switchgear enabled slightly more aggressive driving, though the tuning clearly prioritizes competency over all-out rally car shenanigans.
There are two wireless charging pads, plus USB-C ports front and rear. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are present and correct.
Subaru
There are two wireless charging pads, plus USB-C ports front and rear. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are present and correct.
Subaru
You can fit a full-size dog crate back here.
Subaru
You can fit a full-size dog crate back here.
Subaru
There are two wireless charging pads, plus USB-C ports front and rear. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are present and correct.
Subaru
You can fit a full-size dog crate back here.
Subaru
On the road, the dual motors’ peak 375 hp (280 kW) rating will likely matter more than any true off-roading ability. This Trailseeker might be the quickest Subaru ever, not just based on a 0–60 time of 4.4 seconds but also because of its responsiveness to any slight press of the accelerator pedal.
Winding roads revealed slightly more body roll than we saw in the Uncharted, despite both models feeling significantly lighter than the average electric crossover. Easy steering effort helps enhance a sense of nimbleness despite the added cargo volume in the back, though no true Subie fans will ever mistake a Trailseeker for an STI.
