Subaru Legacy MPG by year — every rating on record

The Subaru Legacy has a combined EPA fuel economy rating for 34 model years, from 1990 to 2025. Across those years its best rated version returned 30 mpg (2020) and its thirstiest returned 19 mpg (2005). The EPA record holds 113 configurations for this nameplate, most recently a Midsize Cars.

Year-by-year EPA ratings

Where it has stood in its class

Ranked against every other nameplate the EPA filed under the same class that year. The Subaru Legacy placed highest in 2010 at #16 of 63, and lowest in 2019 at #59 of 127. It spent 21 of its 34 ranked years in the top half of its class.

Every configuration on record

All 113 configurations EPA lists for this nameplate, newest first.

How the rating has moved between model years

Comparing the best-rated configuration of each year. 8 of 13 year-over-year steps improved the top rating.

What Legacy fuel costs over a year

At the EPA's 11,500 miles a year, the 2025 Subaru Legacy burns 383 to 442 gallons depending on configuration. Below is what that costs at three pump prices, and how much more the thirstiest configuration costs than the most efficient one.

EPA’s own estimate for the 2025 model year is $2,100 to $2,400 a year in fuel, or $750 less than the average new vehicle over five years.

How it compares with other Compact Cars

Across the 498 nameplates EPA classifies as Compact Cars, the median best combined rating is 26 mpg. At 30 mpg the Subaru Legacy is 4 mpg better the median, which is worth about $206 a year at $3.50 a gallon.

• All Compact Cars rankings — every nameplate in the class, best to worst.

Other Subaru nameplates

Every Subaru model compared → — all nameplates ranked by best combined rating, with what each one costs a year.