A closer look at the most underrated sportscar - Times of Oman
“Ugly and cheap gets the job done,” pronounced one of Subaru’s earliest taglines, appealing to pragmatists rather than status seekers, but really, it spoke to a larger aspect of the brand identity: unwavering focus on quality, safety, and... This nerdy obsession with function over flair is likely why the high-performance, race-ready Boxer engine is more famously associated with Porsche, despite the fact that every single car in the Subaru lineup is outfitted with one. For its stellar engineering, Subaru, like other small-batch, alternative brands, has long enjoyed a following from true motorsports fans, as their powerful cars are top performers on the road and the track. Talk Japan automotives, and it is all Toyota and Nissan, but within the Japanese autodom lives the Subaru sibling, which by the usual measurements, should be no more than an afterthought in the car market. Despite its small numbers, or perhaps because of them, Subaru has racked up more endorsements from independent arbiters of automotive quality and safety than just about any other manufacturer. Prominent American survey magazine Consumer Reports rates Subaru above Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and many other major manufacturers in performance, comfort, utility, and reliability. ALG (formerly Automotive Lease Guide), the automotive industry’s arbiter of residual value and used-car prices, named Subaru the leader in retained value among mainstream brands. Source: timesofoman.com
