CVTs often get a bad rap for being unengaging, unreliable, and just all-around dull transmissions that suck the life out of any engine they’re mated up to. The new Subaru WRX in particular has ...
Subaru lied. Three years after declaring that a true STI version of the WRX was off the table, the company unveiled the WRX STI S210 at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Based on the Japanese-market WRX S4 STI ...
Subaru has spiced up its Outback range – and increased the number of potential buyers – by linking a sporty new CVT transmission to its AWD turbo-charged diesel models. The addition comes as part of ...
Regenerative 4-Wheel Disc Brakes w/4-Wheel ABS, Front And Rear Vented Discs, Brake Assist, Hill Descent Control and Electric Parking Brake Brake Actuated Limited Slip Differential Lithium Ion (li-Ion) ...
Engine: 2.5L DOHC 16 Valve 4-Cylinder -inc: Horizontally opposed, Dual Active Valve Control System (DAVCS) Variable Valve Timing, auto start-stop and Electronic Throttle Control (ETC) Engine Auto Stop ...
Subaru is firmly committed to the CVT (Constantly Variable Transmission) concept as it gives a theoretical efficiency advantage over conventional transmissions. The catch is that to make the CVT feel ...
When Subaru revealed the next generation Crosstrek, known as the XV in Europe, at the Geneva show, the company only announced the inclusion of a CVT. Fortunately, American Crosstrek buyers will still ...
In case you’d forgotten about it amongst all the other chaos and news of recent years, the WRX is Subaru’s rally-inspired sports sedan. It’s a car we thirsted over in high school, and one of the ...
When TikTok user @amandarants purchased a Subaru, she thought that the vehicle would run for 300,000 miles. Then, her supposedly reliable car stopped working because of its CVT. “I have had people in ...
Continuously variable transmissions have been used for years in motorcycles and snowmobiles. As cars and engines became smaller, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lowered vehicle emission ...
Our 2020 Subaru Outback 2.4 XT has a magic trick, but not everyone will like it. Equipped with a CVT automatic like almost every other new Subaru, the turbocharged Outback we're driving for a year has ...