Subaru Australia will bid farewell to the Liberty this year, mainly due to the lack of demand for the sedan, which is more commonly known as the Legacy. According to the company, only 2,441 units of the Liberty were sold over the past two years, compared to its jacked-up wagon sibling, the Outback, that registered sales of 13,844 units.
Given market preferences, the Liberty will
be axed from the local line-up, 31 years since it was first introduced in the
country in 1989. Over six generations – Australia didn’t get the
seventh-generation model – sales of the Liberty amounted to 153,700 units.
To commemorate the occasion, the company
is rolling out 31 examples of the Liberty Final Edition, with each one priced
at AUD 39,930 before on-road costs, according to CarAdvice. This
makes it AUD 1,990 more than existing 2.5i Premium AWD trim level on
which the special edition is based on, although the company says customers are
getting AUD 6,400 worth of extra equipment.
Those items include 18-inch STI alloy
wheels, a front lip spoiler, black exterior highlights, a rear boot lid spoiler
and a new mesh pattern for the front grille. Inside, the car gets a numbered
badge to mark it out as a Final Edition, along with a Harman Kardon sound
system, Ultrasuede trim inserts, blue and black stitching, along with black
accents.
The car is offered in three colours, with
Magnetite Grey (with black wheels) available for 15 cars, Crystal Black (with
silver wheels) for 10 cars and Crystal White (with gunmetal wheels) on just six
examples. No mechanical changes, as a 2.5 litre boxer NA four-cylinder still
makes 175 PS and 235 Nm of torque, paired with a Lineartronic CVT and
Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive system.
