All-Wheel Symmetrical Drive comes standard with the Subaru Legacy. If you want an AWD Fusion, add about $4000 to the base price. That's a big difference. In addition, the Legacy comes with a number of other standard comfort features, providing even more value. Gas mileage - the same - which is quite remarkable considering the Legacy is All-Wheel, and the Fusion is 2-wheel drive.
• Off the bat, major difference. The Legacy has Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive, and the Fusion SE FWD is a front-wheel drive. When if comes to handling in the tough weather, or just hugging the road on a summer day, the Legacy is a clear winner. If you want the Fusion with four wheel drive, you're looking at the SE AWD version, and paying an additional $4000 more than the Legacy.
• Price wise total MSRP, the base is very similar - Legacy $24,815 and the Fusion at $24,605 - but with Legacy the AWD is standard. Plus, Legacy gives a lot more in terms of features at the base - Front head restraints, windshield wiper de-icer, heated exterior mirrors, heated seats, automatic climate control, in-glass antenna, leather wrap steering wheel. If you want the Fusion in AWD, be prepared for a base price of $27,525.
• Both cars earned IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus recognition. Both have dual dash, front torso and side curtain bags. The Legacy also has dual front seat cushion bags.
* MPG is comparable. Legacy is at 25/34 city to highway. Fusion is 23/34. Surprising, since the Legacy is an all-wheel drive, and the Fusion only a two wheel drive. If you did move the Fusion up to the AWD trim, (which costs $4k more) the mpg is 20/29.
• Legacy provides 104.6 cubic feet interior space, compared to Fusion's 102.8. Legacy has the largest interior in the midsize sedan class.
• Fusion is a little bigger in the trunk with 16 cubic feet, Legacy at 15.
• Overall, the Legacy is about an inch higher, while the Fusion is longer by 3 inches, and a half inch wider.
• The Legacy delivers 175hp with a 2.5 liter 4 cylinder engine with Lineartronic 6-Speed Continuously Variable Electronically Controlled Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive (Standard). The Fusion delivers 181hp with a 1.5 liter 4 cylinder engine with a 6-Speed Electronically Controlled Automatic Transmission With Overdrive (Standard).
• Note the turning radius - Legacy 36.8, Fusion 37.6. Lower the better!
Visit Patriot Subaru, Route One, Saco, and test drive the Legacy. If you want to learn more, use the Digital Showroom right on the floor, and compare dozens of makes and models.
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• Off the bat, major difference. The Legacy has Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive, and the Fusion SE FWD is a front-wheel drive. When if comes to handling in the tough weather, or just hugging the road on a summer day, the Legacy is a clear winner. If you want the Fusion with four wheel drive, you're looking at the SE AWD version, and paying an additional $4000 more than the Legacy.
• Price wise total MSRP, the base is very similar - Legacy $24,815 and the Fusion at $24,605 - but with Legacy the AWD is standard. Plus, Legacy gives a lot more in terms of features at the base - Front head restraints, windshield wiper de-icer, heated exterior mirrors, heated seats, automatic climate control, in-glass antenna, leather wrap steering wheel. If you want the Fusion in AWD, be prepared for a base price of $27,525.
• Both cars earned IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus recognition. Both have dual dash, front torso and side curtain bags. The Legacy also has dual front seat cushion bags.
* MPG is comparable. Legacy is at 25/34 city to highway. Fusion is 23/34. Surprising, since the Legacy is an all-wheel drive, and the Fusion only a two wheel drive. If you did move the Fusion up to the AWD trim, (which costs $4k more) the mpg is 20/29.
• Legacy provides 104.6 cubic feet interior space, compared to Fusion's 102.8. Legacy has the largest interior in the midsize sedan class.
• Fusion is a little bigger in the trunk with 16 cubic feet, Legacy at 15.
• Overall, the Legacy is about an inch higher, while the Fusion is longer by 3 inches, and a half inch wider.
• The Legacy delivers 175hp with a 2.5 liter 4 cylinder engine with Lineartronic 6-Speed Continuously Variable Electronically Controlled Manually Interactive Automatic Transmission With Overdrive (Standard). The Fusion delivers 181hp with a 1.5 liter 4 cylinder engine with a 6-Speed Electronically Controlled Automatic Transmission With Overdrive (Standard).
• Note the turning radius - Legacy 36.8, Fusion 37.6. Lower the better!
Visit Patriot Subaru, Route One, Saco, and test drive the Legacy. If you want to learn more, use the Digital Showroom right on the floor, and compare dozens of makes and models.
Patriot Subaru of Saco
769 Portland Rd
Route One
Saco, ME 04072
- Sales: 207-284-7900
- Service: 207-284-7900
- Parts: 207-284-7900
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