Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive Test
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Out of Warranty
So what's new? LSD's have been around for 60 years. Any off-roader will tell you that without a locking front, rear, and center diffs, or at least LSD's all around, your 4WD is going to be a 1WD when the going gets slippery.
#6
Pole Position
Would be interesting to see how Audi, VW, BMW, MB and Lexus systems measure up.
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#9
Lexus Champion
I would like to see those slip sections on the ramp reversed -- leave both rear wheels on slipping rollers and put the cover on one of the front wheel rollers -- and see how they all do. Considering that Subaru's Symmetrical AWD has limited-slip differentials in the centre transfer case and rear axle, but none on the front axle, I want to see the same test again but with the front wheels on different traction surfaces.
I suspect the competitors will react the same and I believe that the Subaru will do NO BETTER than its competitors in that situation.
#10
Lexus Fanatic
Not all newer Subies actually use LSD's anymore, either, like my old Outback did. To cut production costs (and vehicle weight), some of them have gone over to a electronic brake/torque-vectoring system, which simply applies brake-pressure to a spinning wheel and re-routes the torque.
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