The Hybrid Tourer concept was designed to provide comfortable accommodations for four people, combining a large greenhouse with a luxurious interior.

The exterior features two large gull-wing doors intended to evoke "a feeling of freedom and confidence for driving far and wide in any environment.

"[1] The hexagonal front grille was intended to become part of Subaru's corporate design language,[2] and would resurface on the succeeding Advanced Tourer and VIZIV concepts.

[7] The VIZIV's primary difference, aside from styling, was in the use of a diesel prime mover, rather than a gasoline engine in the prior Tourer series.

The Hybrid Tourer concept featured a 2.0-litre horizontally-opposed ("Boxer") direct-injection turbocharged gasoline engine driving the front wheels through the continuously variable transmission (CVT, which Subaru branded "Lineartronic").