Subaru is about so as to add one other Wilderness mannequin to its lineup. The automaker has been teasing it main as much as 2023’s New York Auto Present, which kicks off this week. The most recent teaser from the corporate is probably the most revealing, offering a transparent have a look at the headlight and a portion of the entrance fascia.
The brand new Wilderness will comply with within the footsteps of earlier rugged variants, receiving a cladded entrance bumper and hexagonal LED fog lights. This one stands out from the others by having cladding over the grille, too. A earlier teaser revealed that the brand new mannequin would even have cladding on the rear bumper.
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The added physique elements ought to coincide with the mannequin receiving a raised suspension to extend its floor clearance. This could enhance its method, departure, and breakover angles and require Subaru so as to add an underbody skid plate for additional off-road safety. The brand new Wilderness mannequin also needs to obtain distinctive wheels that can possible come wrapped in Yokohama Geolandar all-terrain rubber.
Inside, we don’t anticipate Subaru to make a ton of adjustments. Nonetheless, in earlier Wilderness examples, it has added the waterproof StarTex materials to the seating surfaces. The automaker additionally adorned the cabins with particular graphics and stitching, which we should always see within the latest addition.
We don’t anticipate to see any powertrain adjustments. Subaru already affords the Outback and Forester Wilderness fashions, and neither obtained any engine upgrades, carrying over into the rugged trim unchanged.
Subaru hasn’t mentioned which mannequin will get the Wilderness remedy subsequent, however we anticipate it may very well be the Crosstrek as we doubt the corporate would grace us with a BRZ Wilderness simply but. We additionally thought the Ascent may very well be a attainable candidate, however the brand new teaser picture reveals sufficient to see the design appears to be like extra much like the Crosstrek, the corporate’s best-selling mannequin in 2022.
We’ll get many particulars about Subaru’s new Wilderness mannequin on April 5 when it formally debuts. Nonetheless, we would not know the value till the mannequin is near reaching sellers. It would possible require a premium over most different trims within the lineup. Subaru launched the Forester Wilderness at $33,945 (together with the $1,125 vacation spot price), a soar over the mannequin’s $26,320 beginning worth.
