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Subaru has launched its stylish sixth generation All-Wheel Drive Liberty, with a long menu of luxury medium car features that will grip its audience. 
Twenty five years after its Australian debut, Liberty offers outstanding packaging in a premium, high-strength body.

Fuji Heavy Industries, the maker of Subaru vehicles, says new Liberty is a grand touring car, offering an ideal combination of comfort, safety and sporty high-quality road performance - regardless of weather or road conditions, thanks to its AWD ability.

Amazingly, despite an impressive list of new technology and sophistication, new Liberty variants are priced at up to 25 per cent less than the superseded car.

Along with Outback, it is also the safest ever Subaru - achieving a five-star rating for occupant safety from the independent Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), with a total score of 35.99 out of a maximum possible 37. 

Every new Liberty variant is also equipped with the award-winning EyeSight® driver assist system, which can help avoid accidents or reduce impact.

All Libertys are more efficient too – 2.5-litre variants have reduced fuel consumption by 7.6 per cent in the combined cycle and emissions by 8.2 per cent, while 3.6-litre variants are 3.9 per cent more efficient in the combined cycle and have 5.0 per cent lower emissions.

Fuel efficiency is also aided by a 10 per cent improvement in aerodynamic performance.

Great visibility and cavernous cabin space combine with world-class safety and a classy sculptured body, to inspire confidence at ever level.

Among the Liberty headlines: 

• Sophisticated, stylish new exterior – great on-road presence
• Premium interior excellence – huge focus on detail quality, tactile surfaces, switchgear, space, quietness and comfort
• Active grille shutter – innovative feature that aids fuel efficiency and aerodynamic performance on Liberty 2.5i variants
• Efficiency – economy and CO₂ enhanced in both engine options
  • Introduction of fuel-saving Automatic Stop Start on 2.5i variants
  •  Aerodynamic performance improved 10 per cent
• All-new infotainment – new level of onboard information and entertainment
  • Speech recognition across wide range of key functions
• New generation EyeSight® – new driver-assist features
  • Brake light recognition
  • Pre-Collision Steering Assist
  • Distance and wide angle range improved approximately 40 per cent  
• Boot volume increased – up 17 litres to 493 litres
• Gearbox refinements - efficient Lineartronic™ CVT debuts on 3.6 litre models and further refined for other variants
  • All Liberty CVTs are enhanced for less noise and even better response.
• Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive advantage - the legendary stability, agility and safety of Symmetrical AWD is refined even further

Nick Senior, Managing Director, Subaru Australia, said: “After 25 years Liberty is reinvigorated with technology that hadn’t even been thought of in 1989.

“Overlay that with wonderful Japanese build quality and design, including premium soft-touch interior trim and new Liberty promises to shine bright as a star in the Subaru constellation.

“The new infotainment system is a massive shift in Liberty to fully interactive technology. It takes both the driver and passenger experience to a whole new level in a Subaru.” 

He added: “Other clever innovation includes the active grille shutter, which improves aerodynamic performance and, in turn, fuel efficiency.

“The cabin is more spacious than ever before, while also creating a positively premium ambience, thanks to microscopic attention to detail with everything from the high quality of the soft-touch plastics to the solid feel of switchgear and low noise levels, thanks to strategic placement of insulation.    

“Liberty is again underpinned by All-Wheel Drive, underlining Subaru’s long-term safety commitment, which is reflected in the outstanding five-star rating for occupant safety from the respected Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP). Along with new Liberty, Outback shares the best-ever ANCAP tally for a Subaru of 35.99.

Mr Senior continued: “The new generation EyeSight driver assist system is also clear proof of superlative safety credentials. It adds new features that can help reduce fatigue and the likelihood, or severity, of collision.”

For the first time in a Subaru, the refined six-cylinder horizontally-opposed Boxer engine is mated to the efficient new-generation Lineartronic Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT), producing great response and better fuel efficiency.

Mr Senior predicts sales of around 150 Libertys per month. 

Every new Subaru is eligible for the Capped Price Servicing program, which applies throughout the vehicles lifetime – not just the three-year warranty period. It includes all items required as part of the standard scheduled service, as set out in the Maintenance Schedule of Subaru’s Warranty and Service Handbooks. These include labour, genuine parts, factory specified oils and fluids, and even the environmental levy and supplies charge, which includes items such as oil and waste recycling.

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