2023 Subaru Solterra First Drive: Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks

•    Auto123 gets in a first test drive of the 2023 Subaru Solterra.

•    The electric crossover’s first job will be to convince Subaru loyalists.

•    Subaru will have to work hard as it enters a hotly disputed segment.

Dana Point, CA – Did you think the first all-electric model from Subaru would stray very far from the brand's usual formula? That’s not to know Subaru or its band of merry, and very loyal, followers. 

This EV does have to bend to certain constraints imposed by the format and by its development arc. It was conceived in collaboration with Toyota (the bZ4X being essentially identical technologically to the Solterra), which obviously had its own say in what the vehicle(s) would be. And also obviously, an all-electric powertrain means the Solterra was never going to be an exact clone of the brand's popular SUVs (and one wagon).

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