2015 Subaru Liberty | new car sales price

New Subaru Liberty brings significant price cuts, improved efficiency and safety.

Subaru's new Liberty has touched down in Australia this week, bringing significant improvements in value, plus fuel efficency and safety gains for the sixth-generation of the mid-size model.

Now available as a sedan only for the first time in the Liberty's 25-year history in Australia, Subaru has also trimmed the number of model variants down from five to three.

The price-leading Liberty 2.5i is now $3,000 cheaper, priced from $29,990. The mid-spec 2.5i Premium is now $35,490, a reduction of $4,000. The top 3.6R has seen its cost reduce by a full $14,000 to $41,990.

These reduced prices does not mean Subaru has skimped on features however, with Subaru adding their EyeSight driver assistance technology and efficiency-boosting engine start/stop technology.

The new body design has also increased the Liberty's boot capacity by 17 litres to 493 litres.

Like it's Outback SUV stablemate, the new Liberty achieved the highest ANCAP crash test scores by a Subaru to date on its way to a maximum five-star safety rating.

The 2015 Liberty gains an updated multimedia system, with a 6.2-inch touchscreen controlling the 2.5i and 2.5i Premium's six-speaker audio system, along with iPod/USB/aux/Bluetooth connectivity.

The basic 2.5i comes with dual-zone climate control, leather gear shifter and multifunction steering wheel with paddle shifters, auto headlights and wipers, plus 18-inch alloys

The 2.5i Premium adds satnav and Pandora audio streaming, leather trim with heated front seats, electric sunroof, push-button start and LED headlights.

The 3.6R gets all the features of the 2.5i Premium, plus a 12-speaker Harman Kardon audio system.

The 2.5i and 2.5i Premium come with an upgraded 129kW/235Nm 2.5-litre four-cylinder boxer petrol engine and CVT automatic transmission from the previous model. The upgrades have boosted the power by 2kW and reduced the combined fuel rating to 7.3L/100km, down from 7.9L/100km.

The new 3.6R moves from the five-speed automatic transmission of its previous incarnation in favour of the same CVT auto of the 2.5i.

Power outputs for the top 3.6R are unchanged at 191kW/350Nm for the 3.6-litre six-cylinder boxer petrol engine, but the CVT auto and stop/start has helped improve combined fuel efficiency to 9.9L/100km, down from 10.3L/100km.