After announcing its discontinuation in April of last year, the final Subaru Legacy has rolled off the assembly line. The final unit, finished in a subdued Magnetite Gray, was driven off the assembly line last Friday, September 12 at the Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) plant shortly after 3 PM.
The Legacy executive sedan was designed for the American market and, with its debut on September 11, 1989, became the first Subaru manufactured in the U.S. at SIA. The first-generation model began a new era for Subaru with a competitive sedan and wagon and set a benchmark for Subaru with its sleek styling and advanced technology such as multi-point fuel injection, four-wheel disc brakes, fully independent suspension, and available Full-Time AWD.
The Legacy Wagon eventually became the foundation for the Subaru Outback.
Though the Legacy was the longest-running Subaru model line, its discontinuation reflects market shifts from passenger cars to SUVs and crossovers—along with Subaru’s transition to electrified and fully electric vehicles.
The importance of the Legacy not just to Subaru, but to the Japanese automotive industry contributed to it being inducted in the Japan Automotive Hall of Fame—only the third Subaru model to do so.
So long to the Legacy of Subaru. I hope sedans and rally cars, as well as wagons would come back soon. It's okto have SUV but too much SUVs would be so boring. Cars are not to just being one from point A to point B; but it's also a way to express freedom bring connection between the car and the driver just like a horse and a man.
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