Six Star Magazine Six Star Magazine Winter 2009/2010 Legacy | Page 32
LINEARTRONIC™ CVT: THE
ALL-NEW CONTINUOUSLY
VARIABLE TRANSMISSION
Want better acceleration, smoother performance and dramatically
improved fuel economy? Get ready for Subaru’s newest
innovation: A transmission without traditional gears.
Subaru’s all-new Lineartronic™ CVT
(Continuously Variable Transmission) is
the ideal link between the smooth power
of the SUBARU BOXER engine and the
confident control of Subaru symmetrical
full-time All-Wheel Drive. Thanks to
this innovative new transmission, your
Subaru can now achieve even better
acceleration, smoother performance and
improved fuel economy.
Perhaps the biggest plus of this
innovation is, in fact, the improved
fuel economy. Thanks to Subaru’s
CVT – designed to comply with future
environmental regulations – it’s now
possible to enjoy the performance of
all-wheel-drive with the fuel economy
experienced with front-wheel-drive
vehicles! (Legacy 2.5i with Lineartronic
CVT achieves 9.2/6.5 L/100 km City/Hwy.)
Even more surprisingly, both the 2010
Legacy and Outback with Lineartronic
CVT can achieve over 1,000 km† per tank
during highway driving!
Although CVT transmissions are not
new to the industry, Subaru engineers
felt it was important to take their
time perfecting the Lineartronic CVT
and not just rush new technology to
market. As a result of this fastidious
approach, Subaru engineers were able
to develop a production-car first – a
CVT longitudinally paired with AWD
that uses a chain instead of a belt.
This advancement represents a vast
improvement over other manufacturers’
designs. Thanks to this innovation,
Subaru’s Lineartronic CVT uses smaller
pulleys making it lighter and more
efficient overall. By allowing for a near
infinite selection of gear ratios, this
transmission keeps the engine in the
most favourable rpm range at all times.
Subaru’s unique design also boasts a
more natural feel as compared to others,
allowing you to experience instant and
smooth response as your foot grazes the
gas pedal.
TECHNOLOGY
A SHIFT AWAY
FROM GEARS
No matter how skillful the manual
driver or how well-designed the
automatic transmission, acceleration
is never perfectly linear. There’s
always some degree of shift delay.
In fact, accelerating from zero to
peak speed is actually a series
of accelerations with pauses in
between. As the engine has to
work harder before a gear change,
each shift point slows the overall
acceleration and consumes fuel.
The benefit of Subaru’s Lineartronic™
CVT is that it eliminates shift delay
by allowing acceleration and
deceleration to become perfectly
linear for smooth power delivery,
lower emissions and better
fuel efficiency.
†It is possible to travel up to 1,077 km on one tank of fuel based on estimated fuel consumption figure rating posted by Natural Resources Canada of 6.5L/100 km (highway) for
a 2010 Subaru Legacy equipped with continuously variable automatic transmission and a 70L fuel tank capacity. It is possible to travel up to 1,014 km on one tank of fuel based
on estimated fuel consumption figure rating posted by Natural Resources Canada of 6.9L/100 km (highway) for a 2010 Subaru Outback equipped with continuously variable
automatic transmission and a 70L fuel tank capacity. Actual fuel consumption will vary based on driving conditions, driver habits and vehicle load.
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