Great vid, thanks for getting to the details and not adding fluff. Add Snow, mud and water to the title and you may get more hits. Also, what are the tires on the vehicle and what year is the cross trek?
@@shinshishi1 - Actually they do. Subaru has had the head gaskets of their boxer engines leak oil for 20 years and has done nothing about it. It took a class action lawsuit by owners to get them to fix the problem. (www.torquenews.com/1084/subaru-settles-oil-consumption-lawsuit). Subaru also extended the warrantee for their CVTs for another 10 years in anticipation of problems with those transmissions. (www.forbes.com/sites/jensen/2017/07/07/facing-complaints-subaru-offers-extended-warranties-on-1-5-million-vehicles/#5685e19d79dc). Toyota had to recall some of their 2019 Corollas for CVT problems. (www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/toyota-2019-corolla-hatchback-recall-cvt-problems/. Nissan CVTs are a nightmare with some going out early as 50K miles. There are Nissan owners who swear they will NEVER buy another one. I personally had a 2009 Toyota Corolla with a re-designed water pump that quit at 60K miles. Although not a big deal as a transmission or engine, Toyota knew their water pumps were flawed but did nothing. Starting in 2010 they (again) re-designed their Corolla water pumps so as not to leak. Didn't do me any good as I had to pay out of pocket for a new one. So yes, car companies do make "mistakes."
I live in Brazil and we don't have many options from Subaru. Here we only have the New 2022 models, Forester 2.0 aspirated and hybrid and the XV 2.0 aspirated hybrid. I'm thinking about purchasing the XV 2.0 model 2021. 156HP and 20 kgfm, FB20 engine What do they say to me? We only have 3 stores and a few workshops, but they say Subaru doesn't break down!
Pardon my English, it’s not as shiny as a Subaru. I have been doing this job, journalist and automotive photographer, for forty years and when someone asks me what car you recommend I always answer: what assistance do you want? Today cars are all quality products except for Stellantis and its brands. If you decide to buy Subaru you buy an excellent car, both the Forester and the XV. Toyota is a great car too. It depends on how much money you want to spend and which model you like best. What do you need it for, how many kilometers do you drive per year, what taxation is there… If you want to take a look at my photographs and articles on Subarus, go here [](lucastories.18x24.it) here instagram, me and subaru italia, for a lot of subaru [](instagram.com/lucaromano_pix) [](instagram.com/subaruitalia/)
Nice car with good "off road" capability 👍 but I believe that the cvt equipped model does not have the "proper" permanent 4 wd system with 3 diffs, like the manual has/had.
The cvt in australia does indeed act like a proper 4x4 when needed. My wifes 2018 cvt XV actually performs better on the snow and less knarly terrain than my Colorado with full low range, rear locking diffs.
No locking differentials in new Subaru's in the USA except for the WRX STi now. All open diffs with full time AWD with clutch packs and viscous center diffs.
... It uses x-mode (button push) to focus the power to each wheel more effectively but is only good up to 20mpg or so... Manual cars get a 50/50 split all the time, cvt models have move fwd bias when the awd system doesn't detect slip
Ok, so whether it's manual or CVT, it has the same cemetrical AWD setup. When it senses wheel slip, the computer applies brakes to the slipping wheel to prevent the power from bleeding out through that slipping wheel. This allows the power to continue being distributed to wheels that are not slipping. This has nothing to do with manual or CVT. The system also has a protection feature in the system. This system is designed to prevent wheel slip, and if you try to use an excessive amount while this system is trying to do its thing, it will cut power to the wheels. This is because if all the tires start to slip like they would under excessive power the engine would just end up fighting the brakes, resulting in transmission failure indefinitely.
luca romano ..Alrighty Then! Thanks for those important insights. Just a side note.... Did you know Toyota is building an All-Wheel Drive version of the 2020 Camry Sedan? Saw one youtube about it. Now it’s only limited to a 4 cylinder. BUT some experts are theorizing that Toyota might release, sometimes in the future, a Camry Wagon which could give the Subaru vehicles a run for their money. It would be the first time is several years Toyota has actually had a car-based All Wheel Drive system. Vensa was a truck-mechanics-based SUV but often mistaken for a car.
@@jamescollins1272 Hi James. Camry is not available for the Italian market, so I have little information. I am convinced that Toyota is an excellent product and if they were to make new versions with new designs and all-wheel drive it could also be a great competitor towards premiums. I had excellent driving experiences with LandCruisers
... You can thank all those pedestrians that don't look before walking into traffic (and subsequently get hit) for that long nose...pedestrian 'protection' to lessen the impact
Stock tyres seem to be Yokohama BluEarth E70 - please tell me that you didn't manage this drive on those ... ? www.y-yokohama.com/release/?id=2824&lang=en
Interesting - actually I'd prefer to have a decent summer tyre as the stock option, as I'd switch to proper winter tyres for the winter anyway so I think this is a good move.
Don't understand the off-road junk you do with this vehicle. You want too do off road ,rock climbing and running through mud buy a jeep. I would never do the things you do with my Subaru Crosstrek Limited.
Eugene Walker because its fun! I’ve got a nice limited model too and I love taking it off road. As long as you don’t do anything too crazy or too fast then it wont mess it up :)
Can't, sold it and bought a Jeep wrangler… not that the Alfa could not do serious offroading, but i could not fit 30" spinner-rims on the alfa so i went with a jeep...But seriously, i did actually drive roads pretty similar to this track in my alfa a couple of times when i was out hunting. It had about 1,5" of ground clearence but as long as i drove with one wheel on the side and one in the middle i was mostly fine... though the bottom of my gearbox was flatter than stock after a couple of years...
pure viewing pleasure and excellent eye candy
Great vid, thanks for getting to the details and not adding fluff. Add Snow, mud and water to the title and you may get more hits. Also, what are the tires on the vehicle and what year is the cross trek?
Man I can’t wait for the winter!!!
Nice..I got one yesterday just like it...color and all..😃
awesome Automobile, really. Good choise, congrats.
3 things left to make the best vehicle ever!
1 turbo
2-vented hood
3- more ground clearance
Turbo and reliability are oxymoron.
Subaru is the reliability brand.
@@shinshishi1 - CVTs and reliability are oxymorons. A car with a CVT makes the Yugo look good.
@@Booboobear-eo4es Do you think Toyota, Subaru, Nissan do a mistake? I think NO
@@shinshishi1 - Actually they do. Subaru has had the head gaskets of their boxer engines leak oil for 20 years and has done nothing about it. It took a class action lawsuit by owners to get them to fix the problem. (www.torquenews.com/1084/subaru-settles-oil-consumption-lawsuit).
Subaru also extended the warrantee for their CVTs for another 10 years in anticipation of problems with those transmissions. (www.forbes.com/sites/jensen/2017/07/07/facing-complaints-subaru-offers-extended-warranties-on-1-5-million-vehicles/#5685e19d79dc).
Toyota had to recall some of their 2019 Corollas for CVT problems. (www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/toyota-2019-corolla-hatchback-recall-cvt-problems/.
Nissan CVTs are a nightmare with some going out early as 50K miles. There are Nissan owners who swear they will NEVER buy another one.
I personally had a 2009 Toyota Corolla with a re-designed water pump that quit at 60K miles. Although not a big deal as a transmission or engine, Toyota knew their water pumps were flawed but did nothing. Starting in 2010 they (again) re-designed their Corolla water pumps so as not to leak. Didn't do me any good as I had to pay out of pocket for a new one.
So yes, car companies do make "mistakes."
This vehicle is really amazing !!
さすがの安定感
This is my next set of wheels for sure in one of these days
Did you end up getting the Crosstrek?
Cool car
Super 😀😀😀
Great video thanks for sharing
Subies are legit vehicles for all weathers and roads. Except hardcore rock climbing. But the baby blue color? I'm not so sure. 🤔🤔
Awesome. Factory/stock tires? I'm hoping to buy Nokian WRG3 for my crosstrek once the factory tires wear out.
I live in Brazil and we don't have many options from Subaru.
Here we only have the New 2022 models, Forester 2.0 aspirated and hybrid and the XV 2.0 aspirated hybrid.
I'm thinking about purchasing the XV 2.0 model 2021. 156HP and 20 kgfm, FB20 engine
What do they say to me?
We only have 3 stores and a few workshops, but they say Subaru doesn't break down!
Pardon my English, it’s not as shiny as a Subaru.
I have been doing this job, journalist and automotive photographer, for forty years and when someone asks me what car you recommend I always answer:
what assistance do you want?
Today cars are all quality products except for Stellantis and its brands.
If you decide to buy Subaru you buy an excellent car, both the Forester and the XV. Toyota is a great car too.
It depends on how much money you want to spend and which model you like best.
What do you need it for, how many kilometers do you drive per year, what taxation is there…
If you want to take a look at my photographs and articles on Subarus, go here
[](lucastories.18x24.it)
here instagram, me and subaru italia, for a lot of subaru
[](instagram.com/lucaromano_pix)
[](instagram.com/subaruitalia/)
Nice car with good "off road" capability 👍 but I believe that the cvt equipped model does not have the "proper" permanent 4 wd system with 3 diffs, like the manual has/had.
perhaps ;-)
The cvt in australia does indeed act like a proper 4x4 when needed. My wifes 2018 cvt XV actually performs better on the snow and less knarly terrain than my Colorado with full low range, rear locking diffs.
No locking differentials in new Subaru's in the USA except for the WRX STi now. All open diffs with full time AWD with clutch packs and viscous center diffs.
... It uses x-mode (button push) to focus the power to each wheel more effectively but is only good up to 20mpg or so... Manual cars get a 50/50 split all the time, cvt models have move fwd bias when the awd system doesn't detect slip
Ok, so whether it's manual or CVT, it has the same cemetrical AWD setup. When it senses wheel slip, the computer applies brakes to the slipping wheel to prevent the power from bleeding out through that slipping wheel. This allows the power to continue being distributed to wheels that are not slipping. This has nothing to do with manual or CVT. The system also has a protection feature in the system. This system is designed to prevent wheel slip, and if you try to use an excessive amount while this system is trying to do its thing, it will cut power to the wheels. This is because if all the tires start to slip like they would under excessive power the engine would just end up fighting the brakes, resulting in transmission failure indefinitely.
My next car!
SUBARU CROSSTREK SPORT 2021,,,,
Nice looks like fun!
If it had double wishbone front suspension all around it would be even better
So what is the difference between a XV and a CrossTrek? Or is a XV simply a new trim level of a CrossTrek ? Or is it the new name for a CrossTrek ?
James Collins XV and Crosstrek are the same model, XV for European market, Crosstrek for USA and Overall market.
luca romano ..Alrighty Then! Thanks for those important insights. Just a side note.... Did you know Toyota is building an All-Wheel Drive version of the 2020 Camry Sedan? Saw one youtube about it. Now it’s only limited to a 4 cylinder. BUT some experts are theorizing that Toyota might release, sometimes in the future, a Camry Wagon which could give the Subaru vehicles a run for their money. It would be the first time is several years Toyota has actually had a car-based All Wheel Drive system. Vensa was a truck-mechanics-based SUV but often mistaken for a car.
@@jamescollins1272 Hi James. Camry is not available for the Italian market, so I have little information. I am convinced that Toyota is an excellent product and if they were to make new versions with new designs and all-wheel drive it could also be a great competitor towards premiums. I had excellent driving experiences with LandCruisers
@@jamescollins1272 Here is the Toyota Venza
Carro valente
昔のクロカンのリジットアクスルはやっぱりよかったな～
まだジムニーとランドクルーザーシリーズが新車で買えるぞい
ハイラックスも
Test drove one today, and it felt weak, cheap, and clunky. I was happy to get back in my Tacoma
great test conditions !
Что за фигня?! У меня дорога на дачу хуже, чем этот полигон.
странный способ обосрать внедорожник)) боюсь предположить , что вы и свечку лучше всех держите.
What tyre are you using?
standard factory, snow tires
Is this the 1.6 or 2.0 engine ? Many thanks.
Simon George 2.0
Ir you want to realy ride off road buy a Forester
Buy a jeep wrangler if you want to off road. Not a import piece of shit.
Sorry bud, but I'd rather my car be long lasting and of good quality, not a jeep piece of shit.
Jason Rohraff Subaru's may be Japanese but they are built in America since 2016(?)
Dragan Games yes but they are still built with better quality
Jason Rohraff aren't jeeps Italian?
all that traction and tech ruined by a long nose and a low suspension...
... You can thank all those pedestrians that don't look before walking into traffic (and subsequently get hit) for that long nose...pedestrian 'protection' to lessen the impact
What's this place?
Snowy and muddy.
Stock tyres seem to be Yokohama BluEarth E70 - please tell me that you didn't manage this drive on those ... ? www.y-yokohama.com/release/?id=2824&lang=en
sorry, I do not know, this is a video press for editorial use, I'm not the driver in the car
Stock tires are geolandar g91
They used to be yes, which was great. But the new model gets just a regular summer tyre: www.y-yokohama.com/release/?id=2824&lang=en
Interesting - actually I'd prefer to have a decent summer tyre as the stock option, as I'd switch to proper winter tyres for the winter anyway so I think this is a good move.
my 2018 bought on New Years day came with the g91's.
Is that the CVT or the manual?
sorry, I do not know, this is a video press for editorial use, I'm not the driver
On New Subaru XV model year 2018 the gearbox its the Lineartronic, moreless as a CVT.
CVT only
The limuted model is the one that have those headlights and the limited is cvt only.
jr231217 😊😃🇺🇸🇺🇸🚕
Previous model looked off roady and tough. This new onw looked mommy like...
Subaru Xv horoshaja,no! Malen'kaja,toko ochko svoe vozit'.U mneja HOnda CR-V bol'shaja i vezde vyazit
Don't understand the off-road junk you do with this vehicle. You want too do off road ,rock climbing and running through mud buy a jeep. I would never do the things you do with my Subaru Crosstrek Limited.
U mad?
Eugene Walker because its fun! I’ve got a nice limited model too and I love taking it off road. As long as you don’t do anything too crazy or too fast then it wont mess it up :)
Annoying photographers in the background, click click click.
My civic can easily go into that trail😂😂
michaeldelpilar proof? Just curious.
Wanna see it too😂
Yeah I don’t think so buddy
I had a Civic and I can tell you from experience that a Civic doesn't have enough ground clearance for those roads.
@@johnc1975 I think by 'into' the trail he meant straight into the ground
I have done worse roads in my lowered alfa romeo.....
Post a video please...
Can't, sold it and bought a Jeep wrangler… not that the Alfa could not do serious offroading, but i could not fit 30" spinner-rims on the alfa so i went with a jeep...But seriously, i did actually drive roads pretty similar to this track in my alfa a couple of times when i was out hunting. It had about 1,5" of ground clearence but as long as i drove with one wheel on the side and one in the middle i was mostly fine... though the bottom of my gearbox was flatter than stock after a couple of years...