How do you know that it was at the
full mark when you took delivery?

Check it every fillup for 1000 miles
then let us know.

 You will have difficulty getting any adjustment from Subaru unless
they find a specific problem causing oil oss or it is worse than a quart
in 1,000 or so. Assuming 1/2 liter is in the filter and some left in the
pan, plus not knowing if

2 quarts seems to be a lot but I have heard of the turbo using up some oil,
especially if you are revving high a lot  of times.  Perhaps check into
using synthetic to see if that will help.

Hi,

Your car has only 7500+ miles, right? If I read that part right, I
wouldn't think 2 qts/4000 miles to be excessive: some engines take 10k
or more miles for the rings to seat properly.

I'd suggest checking the oil more frequently than 1x/1000 mi, like maybe
once a week, and watch to see if the consumption rate's relatively
linear, or starts off slowly then builds up somewhat quickly. If the
latter's the case, I'd think an oil change in the general time frame of
the increase in consumption is warranted. I've always had more rapid
consumption after a couple of thousand miles than right after a change.

Please keep us posted on "progress" with this car!

Rick

We had a similar experience with our '05 2.5i and it had me worried.  It
went through a lot of oil in the first 5K miles, but has been getting better
and better with break-in.  It has 12K now and oil consumption has
drastically been reduced.  I understand this is normal for Subaru break-in.

Some new cars will use more oil until they are fully broken in, and some
cars will normally use some oil normally.  I hope my new/used outback
doesn't use much oil (my old Loyale burned about two quarts between oil
changes).  My Porsche uses no oil, but they say it's normal for a 911 to
burn a quart every 1000 miles.  I'd check it often and give it some time.