2005 Subaru Baja sport from North America - Comments

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Great concept car, perfect for the weekend project or the daily commute. It's powerful, sure footed, and drives like a dream. It is a solid vehicle with all the creature comforts you want. Very sporty. Having owned 4 SUV's before this AWD, I can tell you there is no comparison! The AWD is head and shoulders above the 4x4 in handling snow and rain and wind. I am a Suburu convert! Gas is about the same as SUVs, and slightly better then trucks.

Makes you wonder why Subaru is having such a tough time selling these...

Can you go up a tire size with AWD cars like the Baja?

The Baja isn't a bad car. I got one. What Subaru did, was try to make a vehicle for people who were either in college or just getting out. Good company, but they totally misread the market, and last I heard, still had some 2005's sitting in storage unsold. The car just cost too much for people just starting out in life.

So instead of people buying them for surfboards and skies, us middle-aged people who can afford them find them perfect for dump runs, trips to the hardware store, or a local greenhouse.

I do carry a bike now and then.

Apparently not enough middle-aged people were buying them, which may be why Subaru quietly dropped the Baja after 2006.

I bought my daughter her baja for the last year of high school and now in college. Have to drive on the 4 seasons of Dakota roads. Best and safest vehicle on ice or gravel there has been made. Got 27 MPG before the first oil change and been about 24 to 29 in all conditions. Rides better and more stable than our 05 Outback. Seats seem to fit good and only beef is that the rear seat should have been made to hold and seat-belt 3 people, minor to say the least. Interior lighting when its dark out could be better also. Go Subaru.I'd buy another but don't want my daughter to lose that special feeling.