Kelsey Mays has already turned in a full review of the 2010 Subaru Legacy, but a black Premier model with a moonroof and Harman Kardon stereo recently wound up in my hands for a follow-up. Because Kelsey had already taken on the particulars in his review, I figured I could expand on how the redesigned car handled life in a dad’s hands.
If you don’t follow along regularly, I have two kids under 2, meaning there’s a full-size convertible car seat for my 18-month-old son and a rear-facing convertible car seat for my 2-month-old daughter. The new Legacy’s additional 5 inches of legroom compared with the 2009 version came in handy, and both seats fit easily using the Latch connectors. I own a 2008 Subaru Outback that has identical dimensions — besides rear headroom — to the outgoing Legacy; the new Outback and Legacy also have identical interior dimensions.
I was happy to find that while our Subaru forces me to sit with my knees against the dash when the infant seat is in back, the new Legacy leaves plenty of room for me in the passenger seat. Yes, I could even stretch a little. Check out the photos below of the two.
The trunk was also a good size. At 14.7 cubic feet, it’s bigger than the Honda Accord (14 cubic feet) but smaller than the Toyota Camry (15 cubic feet) and Chevy Malibu (15.1 cubic feet). However, it didn’t feel so voluminous to me that it would actually outdo any of them significantly in cargo hauling. Our umbrella stroller had to be placed diagonally to fit. I then ran some errands and filled the trunk with a full grocery trip of bags and a case of bottled water. There was also a large Baby’s R Us bag of necessities like new sippy cups, some diapers and assorted other items you never knew existed until you had children. As you can see, it all fit fine.