![]() It’s a setup that closely echoes the approach used with the automaker’s continuously variable transmission (CVT) vehicles, with Toyota’s entire hybrid transmission-its dual motors and wizardry of planetary gearing intact-transplanted in place of the CVT.Ĭross a CVT Crosstrek with a Prius Prime, add more dynamic spark that’s missing in the Prime (but forgo the option to lock out the gasoline engine), and you end up with the Crosstrek Hybrid. Then fighting Toyota convention-which would have been adding an e-motor to the rear wheels, as in the RAV4 and Highlander hybrids-Subaru gave the Crosstrek a propshaft to the rear wheels (with an electric coupling to divvy it up front-to-rear) and made it part of a tough, mechanical all-wheel-drive system. To achieve that Subaru resorted to Toyota’s proven hybrid system, used in its front-wheel-drive vehicles like the Prius and Camry, and adapted it for its flat-4 engine, mounted 90 degrees differently (lengthwise vs. So in its first plug-in vehicle for widespread sales, Subaru wanted to provide the same driving behaviors and basic traction ability whether operating on its all-electric plug-in mode or in hybrid mode, with the combustion engine off or on.Īnd they wanted to make clear that the car doesn’t have to be plugged in.ĭON'T MISS: All-electric Subaru crossover utility vehicle coming in 2021? Tenacious all-weather, all-wheel drive capability are the foundation for Subaru’s success in the U.S. ![]()
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