Originally Posted by UG_Passat
Originally Posted by buster
Originally Posted by slacktide_bitog
If I bought a brand new crossover, I'd get the FWD model, but dealers only carry the AWD version
That's surprising. I would expect them to sell some FWD models.
The TFL did another test with the Subaru Outback that was interesting. It performed very well. Much better than the RAV 4.
TFL hates most CVT's when it comes to their offroad testing, this includes Subaru and the Outback they bought, since Subaru is still butthurt about them. They have to play with the setttings to get the CVT to cooperate when the going gets tough.
They really do hate CVTs. And I think it was a combination of two videos that made subaru blacklist them - there was the one video where they took a Forester snow wheeling on the factory tires and planted it in a ditch, and the one where they pointed out how the CVT won't climb.
It's definitely a problem with Subaru CVTs and it is something that happens to people who lift them and take them on more extreme trails. It limits power once the fluid heats up. There's ways around it, of course - add a cooler or kill the ABS system and it won't limit torque