![]() It actually is quite fun to drive, which cannot be said about most new SUV's. Compared to the taller Honda and Toyota products I drove, it leans much less in corners and feels much more planted. Biggest benefit of the CVT is on the highway, where the CVT seamlessly chooses ratios as the terrain changes. Under hard acceleration it has 8 steps which mimic a multi-speed planetary transmission - without the annoying gear hunting that plagues some of those devices. To find the acceleration merely adequate Tim must be accustomed to driving seriously quick cars. It is also considerably quicker than most of the competition at 5.9 seconds 0-60 (Motor Trend, FWIW) and quite entertaining to accelerate around corners while the torque vectoring does it's thing. The Outback XT is rigid, quiet, and very comfortable to drive. Also cheaper when optioned similarly, at least in Canuckistan. The Outback is not a perfect car, none are, but in terms of driving dynamics, build quality, and interior materials it is as good or better than the Highlander, Pilot, and Escape that I cross-shopped. I've been driving a 2021 OB XT for nearly 3 months now after a stolen car destroyed my '18 Forester XT. Other standard or available features include automatic emergency braking, lane-departure and sway warning, front-view monitor, rear-view camera, a traction-management system, LED headlights and fog lamps, Bluetooth, 18-inch wheels, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, USB ports, Wi-Fi hotspot, heated front seats, dual-zone climate control, navigation, moonroof, wireless charger, and reverse automatic braking. ![]() I found it to be a bit inconsistent – occasionally it would alert if you took your eyes off the road to say, change the radio station, but trying to trigger it by intentionally looking away from the road (when it was safe, of course) didn’t always work. Meanwhile, the driver-distraction mitigation system uses an infrared camera and facial-recognition technology to scan for signs of fatigue and/or distraction before alerting the driver. Most notably that means there are knobs for the audio and buttons for the basic HVAC controls – temperature and defroster.Īs for the updated EyeSight system, the lane-centering system does what so many others do these days – guide the driver back should he or she stray. Interior controls are mostly what Subaru calls direct-touch, though buttons and knobs remain for certain functions, thankfully.
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