Novo Outback
comentada em 24/04/2014 11:45

Câmbio CVT no lugar do automático convencional.

Mais leve e econômico,
de longe o melhor japonês da categoria.

he 2015 model, introduced at the 2014 New York International Auto Show and on sale this summer, is on a reworked platform, with just a 0.2 in (5 mm) longer wheelbase at 108.1 in (2745 mm) and 0.6 in (15 mm) longer overall at 189.6 in (4816 mm). Other key dimensions are comparably close to the previous model, and fuel economy with the 2.5-L boxer four-cylinder engine model is up from 24 mpg city/30 mpg highway U.S. EPA numbers to 25/33. The optional 3.6-L boxer six-cylinder model is up from 18/25 to 19/27 mpg.

Both models have only CVTs

Among the steps taken to improve fuel economy was the switch from a five-speed automatic to a high-torque-capacity CVT (continuously variable transmission) for the 3.6-L boxer six-cylinder, which is rated at 256 hp (191 kW) and 247 lb·ft (335 N·m). The 2.5-L boxer four, rated at 175 hp (131 kW) and 174 lb·ft (236 N·m), had been using a smaller CVT, and that is its only 2015 transmission; the six-speed manual was dropped.
Subaru carefully reworks Outback on new platform - SAE International