{"id":35830,"date":"2026-03-05T16:28:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=35830"},"modified":"2026-03-05T16:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:28:33","slug":"payne-subaru-trailseeker-is-an-eoutback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/payne-subaru-trailseeker-is-an-eoutback","title":{"rendered":"Payne: Subaru Trailseeker is an eOutback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/03\/03\/PDTN\/88959582007-subaru-trailseeker-overhead.jpg?width=660&amp;height=372&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker features standard roof rails for carrying luggage or pitching a tent.\" width=\"543\" height=\"306\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker features standard roof rails for carrying luggage or pitching a tent.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>Henry Payne, The Detroit News<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Laguna Beach, California<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 The Subaru Outback SUV is an icon. Now it has an electric sibling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While the 2026 Outback has zigged to a square, truck-like ute design, the 2026 Trailseeker has zagged to Outback\u2019s traditional wagon wardrobe with a side of off-road cladding and an infusion of high tech. I slipped into the driver seat, toggled the steering wheel paddles to medium regenerative braking and nailed the throttle. Trailseeker\u2019s twin electric motors drove like liquid silver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Determined to satisfy the needs of 37% of its customers who would consider an EV for their next vehicle, the tree-hugging, all-wheel-drive, pet-friendly brand has birthed eSubaru triplets: subcompact Uncharted (Crosstrek brother), compact Solterra (Forester sister), and midsize Trailseeker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The big Trailseeker is the most Subaru-like of the three.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/picture-gallery\/media\/photo\/2026\/03\/04\/gallery-2026-subaru-trailseeker\/88959687007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker features standard roof rails for carrying luggage or pitching a tent. Henry Payne, The Detroit News Laguna Beach, California\u00a0\u2014 The Subaru Outback SUV is an icon. Now it has an electric sibling. While the 2026 Outback has zigged to a square, truck-like ute design, the 2026 Trailseeker has zagged to Outback\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35830"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35831,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35830\/revisions\/35831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}