"Driving Sports TV" (drivingsports)
12/30/2019 at 13:05 • Filed to: Subaru
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"Driving Sports TV" (drivingsports)
12/30/2019 at 13:05 • Filed to: Subaru | 3
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In this video Ryan takes the 2020 Subaru Outback Touring edition on the Rock Trail offroad course to see how Symmetrical All Wheel Drive with X Mode performs. Then it’s off to higher elevations to test how it works in tricky, icy snow.
For those curious why we don’t use Snow Tires in all these tests: By using all-seasons we make it more difficult and therefore can better see what the system is doing. So instead of just driving up a hill we can see the system react and try to transfer power. If we ran ideal tires, it would just be a car driving up an obstacle. Nothing is learned by seeing that.
“Mistakes are the portal s of discovery” - James Joyce (para.)
We do have a Subaru Snow Tire video coming up in January.
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PartyPooper2012
> Driving Sports TV
12/30/2019 at 14:09 |
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bouncing in the driver’s seat is the new feature of getting Subaru out of snow bank....Same as it ever was
arl
> Driving Sports TV
12/30/2019 at 14:31 |
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Ah if only there was a manual Outback - they’re so easy to rock back and forth.
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camarov6rs
> Driving Sports TV
12/30/2019 at 14:47 |
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Besides actually making the AWD system work. I would think a test using all seasons is much more indicative of the typical u se case. This is more likely what the average owner will face with their vehicle.
Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Driving Sports TV
12/30/2019 at 16:26 |
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The outback just owned that rocky climb. I was v ery impressed.
cmill189 - sans Volvo
> arl
12/30/2019 at 21:45 |
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They were also mechanically locked 50/50 front to rear and some were optioned with a rear LSD.