Subaru has signaled its intent to enter the large seven-seater SUV segment with the recently-unveiled Viziv-7 concept, moving away from its core sedan and wagon models that has typified its business. Could a pick-up truck be next, then? Photoshop wizard Theophilus Chin has visualised just such a Pleiades-badged workhorse based on the show car, which you can see here.
The Viziv-7’s bluff front end, large wheels and pronounced haunches transfer well to the body of a pick-up, providing a more muscular look that’s not typically associated with a Subaru. The result is a design that’s not too far off the latest trucks, in particular the handsome Nissan NP300 Navara.
If such a model does come to fruition, expect it to be based on Subaru’s next-generation unibody Global Platform from the new Impreza, on which the production version of the Viziv-7 is also expected to be built on. This would differ from most other pick-up which feature ladder frame construction, with the exception of the monocoque Honda Ridgeline.
As such, expect a Subaru pick-up truck to retain the use of boxer engines, including a 2.0 litre flat-four turbodiesel engine – in the Legacy, it produces 147 hp and 350 Nm. The company’s trademark Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive should also feature.
GALLERY: Subaru Viziv-7 Concept
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Pick-up will always be this kind of shape and configuration, since everybody think it must be like this, including Mercedes X-class which could have been more innovative.
147hp only ar? can move and overtake a tractor or not?
nowadays pickup trucks deliver 180hp already ar.
Subaru doesnt need pick up truck. But for Motor Image I hope they will bring in subaru xv manual in next 2 years. Even though it is 5-speed or diesel, it will sell.
Subaru Pick-Up Truck should measure up with Toyota Tundra, Ford F150 and GMC Tuck, they have all what it takes to beat them all, the Subaru Pick-Up shouldn’t be less than 3.6R Engine, even the Toyota Hilux comes in 2.7 litre engine, while should ours be different? Please we have been yearning for it for a long time. Anything short of 3.6R will not be accepted. Thanks.