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Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive
In any driving environment, control of your vehicle comes from one place—where your tires meet the
road. Rough or smooth. Curves or straight-aways. A sure grip of the road can give you the control
to step around danger, and the engagement to find exhilaration in every strip of asphalt. Subaru has
spent nearly 40 years developing a system for traction and control that employs an almost perfectly
symmetrical layout to maximize power delivery to the wheels, and to create balance and stability that
can heighten your enjoyment of every experience you have behind the wheel.
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.
Sharp Handling
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Active Safety
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Dynamic Acceleration
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All-weather Conditions
Better grip to
bet ter perform.
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.