The 3.6-liter DOHC is a boxer special that comes from the Tribeca and benefits from being expanded by six-tenths of a liter over the current Outback engine. The numbers jump to 256 hp and 247 lb-ft – with 225 lb-ft available from 2,000 rpm – and it will return 18 mpg on the highway and 25 in the city, fitted to the five-speed automatic transmission – one mpg better than the current car.
If you want a 6-speed manual though you'll have to get the 2.5i
As weird as it might sound, I'd like to test drive a car with a CVT. I've read a lot and understand the concept, but I would like to feel what it is like.
You know that 'pause' feeling when a AT upshifts? Well, you step on the gas, it accelerates, and your body leans forward a little bit waiting for that pause that never happens. Very very odd feeling.
I basically describe it to be as 'analog gears' vs 'digital gears'.
Jason "El Zorro" Fox '17 Subaru Forester 2.0XT
DCAWD - old coots in fast scoots.