Subaru to pull the plug on Legacy nameplate by 2025

Another Japanese midsize sedan will be bidding its farewell soon.

Subaru has announced that they are pulling the plug on the Legacy after 36 years and seven generations. The final Legacy will come out of the Subaru of Indiana Automotive factory sometime in 2025, which will also be its final model year.

The Legacy will be known as the midsize sedan that made Subaru’s patented symmetrical all-wheel-drive system go mainstream, and paved the way for models such as the Outback crossover.

Much like the Mitsubishi Galant VR4, the Subaru Legacy was the first to use the Group A 2.0-liter turbo, all-wheel-drive formula in rallying with the Legacy RS, before the smaller Impreza WRC came along.

While it still performs relatively well in the American market, the seventh-generation Legacy is no longer being offered in countries like Japan, Australia, and even here in the Philippines due to low sales numbers.

Subaru of America says though the Legacy is the longest-running Subaru model line, its discontinuation reflects market shifts from passenger cars to SUVs and crossovers and Subaru’s transition to electrified and fully electric vehicles.