2027 Subaru Outback
The 2027 Subaru Outback is sold in the U.S. as a gas compact SUV with 3 EPA-rated configurations. The most efficient version, the Outback AWD, is EPA-rated at 27 mpg combined. NHTSA lists no recall campaigns for this model year so far (Safety Signal A). Manufacturer pricing runs from $32,995 to $46,595 across 7 trims.
| Trim | Powertrain | Drive | MSRP | HP | Torque | Cargo (2nd row) | Wheels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Gas | AWD | $32,995 | 180 hp | 178 lb-ft | 34.6 cu-ft | 18 in |
| Premium | Gas | AWD | $34,995 | 180 hp | 178 lb-ft | 34.6 cu-ft | 18 in |
| Limited | Gas | AWD | $39,995 | 180 hp | 178 lb-ft | 34.6 cu-ft | 18 in |
| Touring | Gas | AWD | $43,495 | 180 hp | 178 lb-ft | 34.6 cu-ft | 18 in |
| Wilderness | Gas | AWD | $43,995 | 260 hp | 277 lb-ft | 34.6 cu-ft | 17 in |
| Limited XT | Gas | AWD | $43,595 | 260 hp | 277 lb-ft | 34.6 cu-ft | 19 in |
| Touring XT | Gas | AWD | $46,595 | 260 hp | 277 lb-ft | 34.6 cu-ft | 19 in |
MSRP excludes destination. Open a trim for the complete spec sheet and standard/optional equipment. Have the car in front of you? Decode its VIN to see which of these trims it is and what it was priced at.
Specs & fuel economy
Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov| Configuration | Powertrain | Drive | Engine / motor | City | Hwy | Comb | Annual fuel* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outback AWD | Gas | AWD | 2.5L 4-cyl | 25 | 31 | 27 | $2,500 |
| Outback AWD | Gas | AWD | 2.4L 4-cyl turbo | 21 | 29 | 24 | $2,800 |
| Outback Wilderness AWD | Gas | AWD | 2.4L 4-cyl turbo | 21 | 27 | 23 | $2,900 |
*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 50555, 50556, 50557.
The cheapest ownership win
Insurers price the 2027 Outback very differently, and the gap between the best and worst quote on the same car and driver is usually larger than any option you are weighing on this page.
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Recalls (0)
Source: NHTSA recall databaseNo NHTSA recall campaigns are on file for the 2027 Subaru Outback. New campaigns appear here within a week of NHTSA posting them.
These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.
Hear about a recall before the letter does
The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2027 Subaru Outback, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.
What the 2026 carried
Source: same nameplate, earlier model yearNothing has been filed against the 2027 Subaru Outback yet. That is what you would expect of a model year this new — a recall, a complaint or a service bulletin takes months of cars being driven before it exists, so an empty page here is a statement about the calendar, not about the car.
So here is the nearest year of the same nameplate that does have a record — the 2026 Subaru Outback, the year before:
Read this as history, not as a forecast. These are the 2026 car's records and they belong to it. We do not know from federal data where one generation ends and the next begins, so we will not tell you a fault carried over — a redesign can replace the part a campaign was about, and a carry-over year can keep it. Take it as the question worth asking the dealer, and check back here in a few months: every year of the Outback, side by side →
Parts & accessories for the 2027 Subaru Outback
Search by fitment on eBay Motors — OEM take-offs, aftermarket, and the trim pieces dealers no longer stock. The listing and the price are the seller's.
Find parts for this Outback →Owner complaints
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseNo owner complaints on file with NHTSA for this model year.
Crash ratings
Source: NHTSA NCAPNHTSA has not published 5-Star crash ratings for this model year.
Compare the 2027 Outback with
Any vehicle, your weights →| Head-to-head | Verdict | |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 Kia Niro · Compact SUV · grade A | Niro +11 | |
| 2027 Kia Sorento · Compact SUV · grade A | Sorento +11.9 | |
| 2027 Kia Seltos · Compact SUV · grade A | Seltos +4.1 | |
| 2027 Kia Sportage · Compact SUV · grade A | Sportage +18 | |
| 2027 Honda CR-V · Compact SUV · grade A | CR-V +10.3 | |
| 2027 Tesla Model Y · Compact SUV · grade A | Model Y +31.5 |
Outback by model year
all years, side by side →Common questions about the 2027 Outback
Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kitsHow much does the 2027 Subaru Outback cost?
Manufacturer pricing runs from $32,995 for the Base AWD to $46,595 for the Touring XT AWD, across 7 trims. Those are MSRPs from the manufacturer's own press material; they exclude destination, options, taxes and whatever the dealer adds. Every trim and price is listed above.
Does the 2027 Subaru Outback have any recalls?
No NHTSA recall campaigns are on file for the 2027 Subaru Outback. New campaigns appear here within a week of NHTSA posting them, and a clean sheet on a recent model year often just means the vehicle is new.
How safe is the 2027 Subaru Outback?
NHTSA has not published a crash-test rating for the 2027 Subaru Outback yet. On the recall record WhichTrim grades it A (100/100), which measures open and severe recalls rather than crash protection. Treat that grade as provisional. It starts at 100 and subtracts for each recall, so a model year nothing has been filed against scores well by default — not because it has proven itself but because it has not been driven long enough to be tested. The 2026 graded A.
What is the fuel economy of the 2027 Subaru Outback?
Across the 3 EPA-rated configurations of the 2027 Subaru Outback, the best EPA combined figure is 27 mpg. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.
Which 2027 Subaru Outback trim is the best value?
$13,600 separates the cheapest of the 7 trims from the most expensive, so the answer depends on which of the differences you would actually use. Every trim has its own page here with the manufacturer's full specification and equipment list, plus a short summary of exactly what it adds over the base trim — worth reading before a dealer frames the walk-up for you. The trim-by-trim ladder shows what every step up costs and what it makes standard.
Is the 2027 Subaru Outback better than the 2027 Kia Niro?
The Kia Niro wins clearly, 95.1 to 84.1, on fuel & range, tech & comfort, price. The Subaru Outback is ahead on performance. We publish a full side-by-side of the 2027 Subaru Outback against the 2027 Kia Niro — specifications by family, equipment feature by feature, safety record and ownership costs. You can re-weight what matters to you and the verdict recalculates.
What we hold, and what an empty row means
Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.
| Data | Held | Source | What it covers — or what empty means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel economy & configurations | 3 configurations | EPA certification records | Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures. |
| Emission certificates | none | EPA emission certificates | The EPA published no certificate we could match to a configuration on this page. |
| Recalls | none | NHTSA recall campaigns | No campaign has been filed. Because the register is complete, an empty row here means there is nothing to find — not that we are missing it. |
| Owner complaints | none | NHTSA complaint database | No owner has filed one. On a car that sold in small numbers this says very little either way. |
| Crash ratings | none | NHTSA NCAP | NHTSA has not tested this model year. Cars are selected for testing, so untested is not unsafe. |
| Service bulletins | none | NHTSA manufacturer communications | The manufacturer filed nothing for this model year — usual on a car that has only just gone on sale. |
| Investigations | none | NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation | No defect investigation has been opened. |
| Driver-assist crash reports | none | NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01 | No report has been filed. Only entities named in the order report, and only crashes they hear of — so this is also what an unequipped car, or a manufacturer without telematics, looks like. |
| Specifications filed with NHTSA | none | NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns | We had no VIN pattern to decode for this model year, or the manufacturer filed nothing usable. |
| Trims, pricing & equipment | 7 trims | Manufacturer press kit | Transcribed from the manufacturer's own press material, every value carrying the document it came from. |
Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.
Sources & method
Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.
EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly. Trim-level specifications and pricing are transcribed from the manufacturer's official press kit; every value carries its source in the data file.