Subaru All-wheel Drive

If you’re familiar with Subaru, then you’re familiar with All-Wheel Drive. If you’re not familiar with Subaru vehicles, All-Wheel Drive is the borderline magical technology that allows a Subaru to go virtually anywhere. When you have AWD, it’s often harder to get stuck than it is to get where you’re trying to go. Steep gradients and sluicy conditions that will sideline other vehicles typically don’t trouble Subarus with Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive. 

Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive provides an even power distribution to all four wheels. This gives maximum traction and control while driving. When all four wheels work together, there’s no pushing or pulling. AWD gives vehicles unrivaled stability and efficiency, and of course, an advantage on slick and craggy roads. 

Other two-wheel drive options tend to struggle when it comes to rough terrain. Only half of the available axles are putting out any power. It would be like trying to walk up a hill only using one leg while you drag the other - lots of stopping, starting, and slipping. Subaru’s Symmetrical AWD engines are mounted in-line with the drive train, which facilitates even power distribution. Other AWD can require extra components to distribute power, which makes it more complicated and less efficient.

If you’ve ever driven a Subaru on back roads or in an ice storm, you know just how effective AWD is. Plenty of great hiking spots are hard to get to. Rutted out or overgrown logging roads can be enough to stop most cars in their tracks. AWD gives you an extra layer of security, knowing that you won’t get stuck in the middle of nowhere. We’ve had some rough ice storms over the past few winters here in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Most folks decided to stay holed-up indoors, but a bold few opted to brave the terrible road conditions. Lots of people ended up abandoning their vehicles on the sides of the roads or in ditches, but there were plenty of Subarus happily and easily chugging along roads made of ice!

If you need a car that can handle extreme conditions, a Subaru with Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive is right for you.