Six Star Magazine Six Star Magazine 2012 | Page 16

“There is no doubt the Crosstrek
or ski transportation wrapped up
in a stylish package.”
-National Post’s Rod Cleaver

for the best maneuvering in both city
and country driving. In other words, the
Subaru XV Crosstrek is the real thing.
Recently Canadian auto journalists had
a chance to experience the Subaru XV

are some initial media comments:
The National Post’s Rod Cleaver traveled
to Hawaii’s island of Oahu for his test
drive. He gave it a full review, discussing
aspects of performance, ground clearance,
all-wheel drive, and transmissions. He
pointed out that, “Subaru is the sort of
manufacturer that’s always marched to
the beat of a different drum.”
Cleaver then zeroed in on the Subaru
XV Crosstrek’s mission: “The new model
replaces the previous Outback Sport and
is designed to appeal to buyers in the
growing compact crossover segment.
While it shares the Subaru Impreza’s
platform, the automaker gave XV Crosstrek
ground clearance (220 mm) matches the
Outback wagon’s and is roughly 70 mm
higher than the regular Impreza’s. Subaru
says this is best in class…”
Cleaver wrote in detail about the
available transmissions: “Two transmanual and the second-generation
Lineartronic Continuously Variable
Transmission (CVT). It offers a six-step
manual mode with paddle shifters. Both
transmissions have a hill-holding feature.
As with Subaru’s other models, the allwheel-drive system differs according
to the transmission. The manual model
gets a viscous centre coupling that splits
power 50/50 front to rear and can lock
should wheelspin surface. The CVT
transmission uses an Active Torque
Split unit, which automatically splits the
torque according to need…the torque

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