Subaru Legacy 2.5i Premium - Manual (Page 5)

Learn more about the benefits
of Subaru AWD.
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Better grip for
better adventures. Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive
In any season or condition, confidence behind the wheel comes from one place—where your tires
meet 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 power delivery, and to
generate balance and stability for total control in almost any condition.
All-road Agility | All-weather Conditions | Active Safety | Confident Handling
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.
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.