Warning: This review will make you want a wagon
Source: Business Insider ·
Wagons have fallen out of favor in the US. Subaru has kept them alive — and the new Trailseeker is wickedly fun.
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It may not look like it, but this is one of the fastest cars I've ever driven.Ben Shimkus/Business InsiderIt looks unassuming, but the Subaru Trailseeker is ridiculously fun to drive. And fast.Technically, Subaru classifies this car as a midsize SUV. (Sure, Jan.)It's the Subaru-iest of all the vehicles built in partnership with Toyota.American parking lots are awash with a sea of sameness. There's just a bunch of basic SUVs and pickup trucks.That makes the wagon-ish 2026 Subaru Trailseeker EV a real eye-catcher. Unlike the homogeneous crossovers rolling up to elementary school pickup lines today, it gets a stretched, long-roof profile and carries a Subaru badge. It looks like a proper successor to the Subaru wagons of yore, like the 2000s Outbacks and Legacys.Technically, Subaru sees this differently. They classify the Trailseeker as an all-electric midsize SUV — and they do have a point with its 8.5 inches of ground clearance and easy-to-slide-into seats.But, I mean, come on, look…