Subaru drops final Wilderness teaser before reveal

Subaru has dropped different teaser photograph of its adjacent Wilderness exemplary up of an authoritative uncover astatine the 2023 New York Auto Show, conscionable hours away.

The latest teaser shows the near headlight and a conception of its beforehand bumper.

We tin spot the chunky achromatic bumper and hexagonal LED fog airy plan seen connected the existing Forester Wilderness and Outback Wilderness, though the grille has a unsocial angled detail.

The compartment has yet to beryllium revealed, but we expect to spot seats finished successful a water-resistant material, arsenic good arsenic unsocial stitching and graphics arsenic connected different Wilderness models.

If the existing Outback and Forester Wilderness models are immoderate indication, determination won’t beryllium immoderate other powerfulness nether the bonnet though determination whitethorn beryllium tweaks similar accrued crushed clearance and a retuned CVT.

A erstwhile teaser showed the caller car’s chunky achromatic rear bumper with colourful copper inserts, arsenic good arsenic a stamped Subaru wordmark.

Subaru has yet to corroborate which of its models is getting the Wilderness treatment, but based connected the latest teaser it’s apt to beryllium the caller Crosstrek.

The Crosstrek arrives present this period arsenic a replacement for the XV, which was known arsenic the Crosstrek successful the US market.

There, it was the brand’s champion seller successful 2022.

In the US market, the caller Crosstrek offers a prime of 2.0-litre oregon 2.5-litre four-cylinder Boxer engines. The larger of the 2 pumps retired 136kW of powerfulness and 241Nm of torque, but isn’t disposable here.

The Outback Wilderness was revealed backmost successful April 2021, and the Forester Wilderness successful September 2021. Subaru said astatine the clip it was “watching” the vehicles, but didn’t remark connected immoderate plans to bring them Down Under.

It confirmed to CarExpert earlier this twelvemonth that the models were looking more apt for an Australian launch.

“No secrets, we are successful discussions with the mill connected it. And those are reasonably advanced. And we look guardant to beryllium capable to sharing much 1 erstwhile everything’s confirmed, but it’s decidedly successful progress,” said Subaru Australia managing manager Blair Read.

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