---
title: "Subaru Teases 2020 Legacy and Its Massive New Vertical Touchscreen"
description: "Subie's new midsize sedan will drop at the Chicago Auto Show Feb. 7."
date: "2019-01-31"
modified: "2019-07-30"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui.md"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/26274/subaru-teases-2020-legacy-and-its-massive-new-vertical-touchscreen"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Chicago Auto Show"
  - "Japanese Cars"
  - "Legacy"
  - "midsize sedans"
  - "sedan"
  - "Subaru"
---

# Subaru Teases 2020 Legacy and Its Massive New Vertical Touchscreen

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Ahead of a full reveal at next week's 2019 Chicago Auto Show, Subaru has released a couple of teaser images for the all-new 2020 Legacy. Judging from the single, poorly lit exterior shot, Subaru's next midsize sedan will look like...a textbook, [three-box, Japanese midsize sedan](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/24721/subaru-might-be-developing-a-subcompact-hatch-for-2020-wrc-competition.md>). No Honda Accord-like sloping rooflines to be found here. Once inside, however, Subaru appears to have been a little more adventurous.

Dominating the 2020 Legacy's dashboard is a massive, vertically mounted infotainment screen that takes clear inspiration from the futuristic setups found in Tesla's Model S and X.

![message-editor%2F1548957228806-20my\_legacy-image\_for\_teaser2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1548957228806-20my_legacy-image_for_teaser2.jpg>)
**Subaru**

Sandwiched between a "status bar" area at the top and HVAC controls at the bottom is a smartphone-style grid of large icons occupants can use to control various aspects of the Legacy's infotainment system. The screen is flanked by a volume knob (thank God), a tuning knob, and several hard buttons to control front and rear defrosters as well as adjust the dual-zone, [automatic climate control](<https://teeheeco.com/climate-control/>).

All of this appears to be surrounded in a pretty conventional interior reminiscent of the current Impreza. Normal gear selector, normal Subaru steering wheel with a normal-looking tachometer peeking through behind it, and a pair of vertical, trapezoidal air vents on either side of the center stack. It's surrounded by some plush-looking, stitched brown material that probably makes the car feel a lot homier and less like something you'd grab off the Enterprise lot.

https://twitter.com/_/status/1091027077166493698

As the world continues to snap up crossovers like mad, the 2020 Subaru Legacy will join the stalwart Toyota Camry, the aforementioned Honda Accord, the [luxurious Mazda 6](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/25177/2018-mazda6-review-can-this-plush-pretty-mazda-beat-the-long-odds-on-family-sedans.md>), Nissan's Altima, and the [recently updated Volkswagen Passat](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/25949/2020-volkswagen-passat-providing-german-luxury-for-working-class-buyers.md>) in holding down the midsize sedan fort.

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

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