Honda CR-V vs. Subaru Outback

28 messages, Last post on Mar 31, 2009 at 10:54 AM

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#27 of 28 Re: Honda CR-V vs. Subaru Outback [nornet] by denver5357 Mar 28, 2009 (8:52 am)
Replying to: nornet (Mar 28, 2009 7:13 am) Well, I think that's a matter of opinion. We owned a 2007 Outback and traded it in (see earlier post), and driveability (which can mean different things to different people) was IMO a big part of that.
#28 of 28 Re: Honda CR-V vs. Subaru Outback [radar1] by ateixeira Mar 31, 2009 (10:54 am)
Replying to: radar1 (Mar 24, 2009 7:20 pm) I saw that (in another thread). That's very disappointing given all the hype over Honda's ACE body protection. I've noticed a trend with crash tests in the small SUV segment. Subaru does well right off the bat. For instance the 99 Forester earned a "Good" in the frontal offset test, the first in class to do so. The new roof crush test appears and again Subaru does well right away, the first time it's tested. Honda and Toyota tend to learn their lessons, i.e. they get it right on the 2nd attempt. Note how they tend to have middling scores at first, but then improve with redesigns and catch up to Subaru. I bet the next generations of the CR-V and RAV4 will match the Forester's roof crush resistance, in fact I'd bet on it. Finally, the Koreans always seem to be 2 steps behind. Very disappointing that they finally were improving on their frontal scores and then we see dismal scores for the roof structure. Kudos to Subaru, though, for getting it right from the get-go.