Subaru Trailseeker
Shares rank 31 of 40 electric cars by recommenders
People recommend it as a fun, unusual electric car that handles rough logging and forest roads and balances range with performance.
People recommend it as a fun, unusual electric car that handles rough logging and forest roads and balances range with performance.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good range, performance, rough-road ability
“the stock ones have had no problem going up and down the old logging and forest service roads”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “How much oil-market buffer is left?” “this one actually seems like a good combination of range and performance”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “My Midlife Crisis Corolla Is Fast, Furious, and Modded” Unique, fun, different from Teslas
“I love the Trailseeker for being the anti-Tesla car”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “My Midlife Crisis Corolla Is Fast, Furious, and Modded” “stupid fun and very unique car”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “My Midlife Crisis Corolla Is Fast, Furious, and Modded”
Other electric cars people recommend
The four most recommended other electric cars, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tesla vehicles | 209 | 411 | 34% | 13 | 6 yrs24 owners | — |
| BYD electric cars | 157 | 53 | 75% | 12 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| Ferrari Luce | 140 | 319 | 31% | 7 | — | — |
| Tesla Model 3 | 128 | 115 | 53% | 13 | 6 yrs32 owners | — |
| Subaru TrailseekerThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Ooo nice I wrote Subie off after the Solerra flop but I’ll take a look”
“the stock ones have had no problem going up and down the old logging and forest service roads”
“was the best I could find, for us”
“I love the Trailseeker for being the anti-Tesla car”
“this one actually seems like a good combination of range and performance”
“stupid fun and very unique car”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.