BUYER’SGUIDE: Subaru Levorg

CO2/tax

164g/km

£210

Running costs

39mpg (1.6i GT)

£97 fill-up

Performance

0-62mph/top speed

8.9 seconds/130mph

SUBARU has never been a big player in the UK market, but since it arrived here in the seventies, it has appealed to a select band of people who love its impressive reliability record and standard-fit four-wheel drive.

For a while the Impreza Turbo was a must-have performance car, its reputation bolstered by impressive results in the World Rally Championship. But those days were long gone by the time the Levorg arrived, with Subaru very much a niche brand in the UK.

The firm campaigned the Levorg between 2016 and 2019 in the British Touring Car Championship, with some success, but sales were hard to come by. Does the Subaru deserve a higher profile as a used buy?

History

WE got our first glimpse of the Levorg when it was