2019 ASG AWARDS: Best All-Around Performance and Best Environmental Performance in the Wagon segment.
NOTEWORTHY ASG FINDING: holds the smallest carbon footprint in its class, producing 10% less CO2-e emissions over the first 6.5 years in its life-cycle, as compared to the average vehicle in its segment.
ALL-AROUND PERFORMANCE RATING: 100
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ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE RATING: 100
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ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE RATING: 97
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SOCIAL PERFORMANCE RATING: 77
ASG’s annual study found the 2019 Subaru Outback to offer the best all-around performance in class, earning the distinguished BEST ALL-AROUND PERFORMANCE Award for the second consecutive year. In ASG’s data-driven automotive assessment, the Outback outperformed all models in the competitive wagon segment to take the top honor. ASG’s all-around performance analysis is a comprehensive data-driven assessment, analyzing economic, environmental and social performance indicators across a vehicle’s life-cycle, and in relative comparison to all competitive vehicles in the market.
In ASG’s environmental performance assessment, the Subaru Outback furthered its winnings by holding the smallest carbon footprint of any model year 2019 wagon, earning the distinguished BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE award in class. ASG found the Outback to produce 10% less CO2-e emissions over the first 6.5 years in its life-cycle, as compared to the average vehicle in its segment. With an EPA estimated 28 MPG combined, the Outback holds a 3 MPG advantage over the average vehicle in the segment, a group comprised of 38 wagon model variants that include the likes of the Audi allroad, BMW Sports Wagon, Volvo V60 and V90, VW Golf Alltrack among others.
