Subaru Impreza Outback Sport - Manual (Page 5)

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of Subaru AWD.
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Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive
In any season or condition, confidence behind the wheel comes from one place—
where your tire meets the road. Wet or dry. Rough or smooth. A sure grip of the
road can give you the control to step around danger. The assurance to add more
destinations to your list. The engagement to delight in every mile. Subaru has
spent nearly 40 years developing a system for traction and control that employs
an almost perfectly symmetrical layout to maximize the power delivery, and to
generate balance and stability for total control in almost any condition.
Confident Handling | All-road Capability | Active Safety | All-weather Conditions
greater control. Better grip for
Quicker Response
There are only four small patches of rubber that keep you
in control of your vehicle. The more your tires are engaged,
the more control you have. Subaru Symmetrical AWD keeps
power routed to all four tires all the time, so it doesn’t have
to react to slippage that has already occurred. Rather, it
keeps your tires as fully engaged with the road as possible.
Efficient Design
Because some systems lack the simplicity of Subaru
Symmetrical AWD, they not only sacrifice efficiency,
but also can incur more wear and tear. Subaru routes
power directly from the engine to all four wheels to
keep components—and frictional power losses—to a
minimum. All while maximizing the seamless feeling of
traction whenever you need it.
Better Balance
Every Subaru is built for AWD from the ground up. Each
one features a longitudinally mounted engine that feeds
power to the all-wheel drive system in a straight line. Which
results in a balanced drivetrain with almost total side-to-
side symmetry that is free of the extra components some
other systems need to route power. This symmetry and
balance means stability that helps make driving your Subaru
safer and agility that makes it more fun.