When the Subaru Levorg was proudly unveiled at the 2015 Geneva show, TopGear gently pointed out that, read backwards, its name spelled out ‘GROVEL, U RABUS’. This made the man from Subaru very upset, and our relationship with the sorry ’Vorg struggled to recover thereafter.
This was not solely TopGear’s fault. See, the Levorg was billed as the spiritual successor to Subaru’s brilliant Legacy Spec B, an understated performance estate of the Noughties that boasted genuine pace, and genuine rally infused handling.