SMH Drive gets it right for once: the Scout is better than the Outback

[Scarfies]

So here's a completely unbiased synopsis of today's paper* SMH "What car should I buy" article*:

Scout is better than the Outback! Scout is better than the Outback! Scout is better than the Outback! Scout is better than the Outback! Scout is better than the Outback! Scout is better than the Outback! Scout is better than the Outback! Scout is better than the Outback! Scout is better than the Outback! Scout is better than the Outback!
And finally: Scout is better than the Outback! (or something like that )



PS: My wife calls our car 'Scout' (hence no 'the')

*nothing online yet

[PassatB6]

Great review...haha~ We already knew that!

[Inego]

Does anyone know what "reliability niggles" they were referring to with the Scout? This comment keeps coming up in reviews, but I've never seen specific comments as to what these are.

Apart from the DPF issue early on (which is more a design than reliability issue), mine has run faultlessly for over 12 months (and is much nicer than the Subaru it replaced, which was the model compared in this article).....

[Transporter]

Yeah, the journalist who write these articles must be living in the the past, since the car reliability drooped across all car manufacturers, other than that it could be the bias.
The best review of the car is from the owners who drive it.

[Spook]

Here is the article:

What car should I buy

[bobski]

I think they were comparing it to the year model in the budget, which was 2008 onwards. So maybe thats why they mention the niggles. By the same token and to be fair, it was also the old model outback they are comparing it to.