Subaru Outback Engines by Year

The Outback began for 1995 as a raised Legacy wagon and became its own model. Every Outback has a horizontally opposed engine: flat fours, a turbo four, and flat-sixes from 2001 to 2019. The Legacy sedan has its own page.

Pick a year to see every engine offered that model year, with its code, rated horsepower and the trims it came in. Each engine links to its full specs.

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Legacy Outback (1995–1999): 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999

Second generation (2000–2004): 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004

Third generation (2005–2009): 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009

Fourth generation (2010–2014): 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014

Fifth generation (2015–2019): 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019

Sixth generation (2020–2025): 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025

Seventh generation (2026): 2026

Legacy Outback (1995–1999)

The 2.2 and the 2.5 DOHC.

1995 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.2L / 135 flat-four EJ22E	135 hp net	Legacy Outback wagon

1996 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ25D	155 hp net	Legacy Outback wagon, Outback Limited wagon

1997 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ25D	165 hp net	Legacy Outback wagon, Outback Limited wagon

1998 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ25D	165 hp net	Legacy Outback wagon, Outback Limited wagon, Legacy SUS / Outback sedan

1999 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ25D	165 hp net	Legacy Outback wagon, Outback Limited wagon, Legacy SUS / Outback sedan

Second generation (2000–2004)

The 2.5 and the 3.0 H6.

2000 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ251	165 hp net	Outback wagon, Outback Limited wagon/sedan

2001 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ251	165 hp net	Outback wagon, Outback Limited wagon/sedan
3.0L / 183 flat-six (EZ30)	212 hp net	H6-3.0 L.L. Bean Edition wagon, H6-3.0 VDC wagon

2002 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ251	165 hp net	Outback wagon, Outback Limited wagon/sedan
3.0L / 183 flat-six (EZ30)	212 hp net	H6-3.0 L.L. Bean Edition wagon, H6-3.0 VDC wagon, H6-3.0 sedan, VDC sedan

2003 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ251	165 hp net	Outback wagon, Outback Limited wagon/sedan
3.0L / 183 flat-six (EZ30)	212 hp net	H6-3.0 L.L. Bean Edition wagon, H6-3.0 VDC wagon, H6-3.0 sedan, VDC sedan

2004 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ251	165 hp net	Outback wagon, Outback Limited wagon/sedan
3.0L / 183 flat-six (EZ30)	212 hp net	H6-3.0 L.L. Bean Edition wagon, H6-3.0 VDC wagon, H6-3.0 sedan, VDC sedan

Third generation (2005–2009)

The 2.5, the 2.5 turbo XT and the 3.0R.

2005 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ253	168 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Limited, 2.5i Basic (2007)
2.5L / 150 flat-four turbo EJ255	250 hp net	2.5XT, 2.5XT Limited
3.0L / 183 flat-six EZ30D	250 hp net	3.0R L.L. Bean Edition, 3.0R VDC Limited

2006 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ253	175 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Limited, 2.5i Basic (2007)
2.5L / 150 flat-four turbo EJ255	250 hp net	2.5XT, 2.5XT Limited
3.0L / 183 flat-six EZ30D	250 hp net	3.0R L.L. Bean Edition, 3.0R VDC Limited, 3.0R

2007 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ253	175 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Limited, 2.5i Basic (2007)
2.5L / 150 flat-four turbo EJ255	243 hp net	2.5XT, 2.5XT Limited
3.0L / 183 flat-six EZ30D	245 hp net	3.0R L.L. Bean Edition

2008 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ253	170 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Limited, 2.5i Basic (2007)
2.5L / 150 flat-four turbo EJ255	243 hp net	2.5XT, 2.5XT Limited
3.0L / 183 flat-six EZ30D	245 hp net	3.0R L.L. Bean Edition, 3.0R Limited

2009 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ253	170 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Limited, 2.5i Basic (2007)
2.5L / 150 flat-four turbo EJ255	243 hp net	2.5XT, 2.5XT Limited
3.0L / 183 flat-six EZ30D	245 hp net	3.0R L.L. Bean Edition, 3.0R Limited

Fourth generation (2010–2014)

The 2.5 and the 3.6R.

2010 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ253	170 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Premium, 2.5i Limited
3.6L / 222 flat-six EZ36D	256 hp net	3.6R, 3.6R Limited, 3.6R Premium

2011 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ253	170 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Premium, 2.5i Limited
3.6L / 222 flat-six EZ36D	256 hp net	3.6R, 3.6R Limited, 3.6R Premium

2012 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 150 flat-four EJ253	170 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Premium, 2.5i Limited
3.6L / 222 flat-six EZ36D	256 hp net	3.6R, 3.6R Limited, 3.6R Premium

2013 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 152 flat-four (FB25)	173 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Premium, 2.5i Limited
3.6L / 222 flat-six EZ36D	256 hp net	3.6R, 3.6R Limited

2014 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 152 flat-four (FB25)	173 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Premium, 2.5i Limited
3.6L / 222 flat-six EZ36D	256 hp net	3.6R, 3.6R Limited

Fifth generation (2015–2019)

The 2.5 and the 3.6R.

2015 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 152 flat-four (FB25)	175 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Premium, 2.5i Limited
3.6L / 222 flat-six EZ36D	256 hp net	3.6R Limited

2016 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 152 flat-four (FB25)	175 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Premium, 2.5i Limited
3.6L / 222 flat-six EZ36D	256 hp net	3.6R Limited

2017 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 152 flat-four (FB25)	175 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Premium, 2.5i Limited
3.6L / 222 flat-six EZ36D	256 hp net	3.6R Limited

2018 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 152 flat-four (FB25)	175 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Premium, 2.5i Limited, 2.5i Touring
3.6L / 222 flat-six EZ36D	256 hp net	3.6R Limited, 3.6R Touring

2019 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.5L / 152 flat-four (FB25)	175 hp net	2.5i, 2.5i Premium, 2.5i Limited, 2.5i Touring
3.6L / 222 flat-six EZ36D	256 hp net	3.6R Limited, 3.6R Touring

Sixth generation (2020–2025)

The 2.5 and the 2.4 turbo.

2020 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.4L / 146 flat-four turbo FA24F	260 hp net	Onyx Edition XT, Limited XT, Touring XT
2.5L / 152 flat-four FB25D	182 hp net	Base, Premium, Limited, Touring, Onyx Edition (2.5, some years)

2021 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.4L / 146 flat-four turbo FA24F	260 hp net	Onyx Edition XT, Limited XT, Touring XT
2.5L / 152 flat-four FB25D	182 hp net	Base, Premium, Limited, Touring, Onyx Edition (2.5, some years)

2022 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.4L / 146 flat-four turbo FA24F	260 hp net	Onyx Edition XT, Limited XT, Touring XT, Wilderness
2.5L / 152 flat-four FB25D	182 hp net	Base, Premium, Limited, Touring, Onyx Edition (2.5, some years)

2023 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.4L / 146 flat-four turbo FA24F	260 hp net	Onyx Edition XT, Limited XT, Touring XT, Wilderness
2.5L / 152 flat-four FB25D	182 hp net	Base, Premium, Limited, Touring, Onyx Edition (2.5, some years)

2024 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.4L / 146 flat-four turbo FA24F	260 hp net	Onyx Edition XT, Limited XT, Touring XT, Wilderness
2.5L / 152 flat-four FB25D	182 hp net	Base, Premium, Limited, Touring, Onyx Edition (2.5, some years)

2025 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.4L / 146 flat-four turbo FA24F	260 hp net	Onyx Edition XT, Limited XT, Touring XT, Wilderness
2.5L / 152 flat-four FB25D	182 hp net	Base, Premium, Limited, Touring, Onyx Edition (2.5, some years)

Seventh generation (2026)

The 2.5 and the 2.4 turbo.

2026 Outback engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.4L / 146 flat-four turbo FA24F	260 hp net	Limited XT, Touring XT, Wilderness
2.5L / 152 flat-four FB25D	180 hp net	Premium, Limited, Touring

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