mrvent

Seats are comfortable. Moderate gas guzzler. The open back bed is utterly useless for anything larger than a few bags of topsoil. Looks like they took a wagon and chopped off the back to make this WEIRD car. Only from Japan would have come a bizarre car as the Subaru Baja. An after-market hard fiberglass, carbon fibre or metal hinged and LOCKABLE WATERPROOF cover or lid for the cargo area would be a WELCOME ACCESSORY.

My Reviewer said:

I don’t think this person actually owns a Baja. They object to its philosophy so much they acted like they own it just to complain about it. The fact is that Baja is not a “truck” and the macho truck guys need to calm down–if you want a big truck bed then buy a big truck bed. I’ve used the little truck bed for plenty of useful things, almost weekly, from bicycles to landscaping stuff to trash and recycling. I love being able to throw wet tents and camping gear into the bed rather than inside the interior of an Outback. The bed swallows 8-ft-long 2×4s even without the bed extender if you open the switchback and put the front of the boards up between the front seats. Its the only vehicle at Home Depot that doesn’t have 2×4’s sticking up at an angle out of the bed. I can put my canoe on a Yakima roof rack and have two bikes in the bed along with camping gear, while my wife, me and the dog can ride in the cab with none of that bothering us. Great useful car. Drives better than any truck. The real comparison should be to small SUVs, like the Honda CRV, which is comparable in some ways, but…has…no…bed.

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