Are Subarus all wheel drive

Answer 1

Subaru has had all their vehicles as standard AWD in the US since 1997. There are only a select few models in the Japanese market that are 2WD. However, in 2013 the Subaru BRZ was debuted as a joint venture with Toyota and this is a Rear Wheel Drive, Sport Coupe', Subaru's first mass production 2WD vehicle since 1996 and first mass production RWD ever. However, standard dictates that if it's a Subaru, it's AWD.

Answer 2

Subaru has had all their vehicles as standard AWD in the US since 1997. There are only a select few models in the Japanese market that are 2WD. However, in 2013 the Subaru BRZ was debuted as a joint venture with Toyota and this is a Rear Wheel Drive, Sport Coupe', Subaru's first mass production 2WD vehicle since 1996 and first mass production RWD ever. However, standard dictates that if it's a Subaru, it's AWD.

Answer 3

No. But MOST are.

Exception to the rule: the Subaru BR-Z. It's rear-wheel drive.

Four-wheel drive is not the same as all-wheel drive. There are two basic types of four-wheel systems:

"PART-DRIVE" four-wheel drive systems typically route power to the rear wheels. When the driver goes off-road or encounters slippery conditions, the front wheels have to be manually engaged. Only then is the vehicle powered at all four wheels. These systems can only be utilized properly when driving off-road or in slippery conditions and depend on the driver to engage the system.

"FULL-TIME" four-wheel drive powers all four wheels all of the time. The amount of power is evenly divided among all four wheels.

Subaru engineers developed Subaru All-Wheel Drive, a system that not only is capable of powering all four wheels, but also automatically varies the amount of power sent to each wheel at all speeds. Subaru's have a system with no buttons to push or levers to engage - it operates without driver intervention. Subaru All-Wheel Drive automatically adjusts power to each wheel to provide the best traction. Subaru All-Wheel Drive automatically transfers power from the wheels that slip to the wheels that grip - this translates into enhanced control and traction when things get wet and slippery. But it also helps improve overall performance even when the pavement is bone dry.

For example, when you brake hard, weight shifts forward, reducing rear traction. Or if you step on the accelerator, the opposite is true. And in a curve, the vehicle dynamics are constantly changing. Subaru All-Wheel Drive varies the amount of power sent to each wheel at all speeds.