2010 Subaru Outback Preview
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The standard Outback 2.5i models are available with Subaru's Lineartronic CVT (continuously-variable transmission). Without any gears, this type of transmission provides infinitely variable ratios with no discernable shifting. The new CVT is a chain-type and it is reportedly the world's first longitudinally-mounted CVT system for AWD production vehicles. Subaru's design employs smaller pulley cores making it more compact and lighter, and it provides better fuel economy than belt-type CVT units, according to the company. It is interesting to note that this is only Subaru's second model to be introduced with a CVT (the automaker was one of the first to feature a CVT on its compact Justy in the mid-1980s).
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