2010 SUBARU LEGACY AND OUTBACK SAFETY AWARDS

Cherry Hill, N.J., August 27, 2009 – The all-new 2010 Subaru Legacy and Subaru Outback have
been named 2009 ‘Top Safety Picks’ by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety.
To qualify for Top Safety Pick, a vehicle must earn the highest rating of “good” in the Institute's front,
side, and rear tests and be equipped with electronic stability control. Criteria to win are tough because
the award is intended to drive continued safety improvements such as top crash test ratings and the
rapid addition of electronic stability control, which is standard on the Legacy and Outback.
“Building safe vehicles is one of the things our customers have come to know and expect from us,”
said Tom Doll, executive vice president and COO, Subaru of America, Inc. “To have this endorsement
by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety for every Subaru vehicle in our line-up is a tribute to our
engineers and reinforces to consumers that we focus not only on manufacturing fun-to-drive vehicles,
but also vehicles that are durable and dependable.”
"Recognizing vehicles at the head of the class for safety helps consumers distinguish the best overall
choices without having to sort through multiple test results," says Institute president Adrian Lund.
About IIHS
The Institute’s frontal crashworthiness evaluations are based on results of 40 mph frontal offset crash
tests. Each vehicle’s overall evaluation is based on measurements of intrusion into the occupant
compartment, injury measures recorded on a Hybrid III dummy in the driver seat, and analysis of
slow-motion film to assess how well the restraint system controlled dummy movement during the test.
Side evaluations are based on performance in a crash test in which the side of a vehicle is struck by a
barrier moving at 31 mph. The barrier represents the front end of a pickup or SUV. Ratings reflect
injury measures recorded on two instrumented SID-IIs dummies, assessment of head protection
countermeasures, and the vehicle’s structural performance during the impact. Injury measures
obtained from the two dummies, one in the driver seat and the other in the back seat behind the
driver, are used to determine the likelihood that a driver and/or passenger in a similar real-world crash
would sustain serious injury to various parts of the body. The movements and contacts of the
dummies’ heads during the test also are evaluated. Structural performance is based on
measurements indicating the amount of B-pillar intrusion into the occupant compartment.
Rear crash protection is rated according to a two-step procedure. Starting points for the ratings are
measurements of head restraint geometry — the height of a restraint and its horizontal distance
behind the back of the head of an average-size man. Seats with good or acceptable restraint
geometry are tested dynamically using a dummy that measures forces on the neck. This test
simulates a collision in which a stationary vehicle is struck in the rear at 20 mph. Seats without good
or acceptable geometry are rated poor overall because they can’t be positioned to protect many
people.
About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. of Japan.
Headquartered in Cherry Hill, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel
Drive vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of nearly 600 dealers across the United States.
Subaru boasts the most fuel-efficient line-up of all-wheel drive products sold in the market today based
on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fuel economy standards. All Subaru products are
manufactured in zero-landfill production plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive Inc. is the only U.S.
automobile production plant to be designated a backyard wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife
Federation. For additional information visit www.subaru.com.