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Old 01-05-2014, 06:32 PM   #52
Erick Estrada
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814 View Post
I was going to comment that Audi better make a better AWD system, you're paying almost double for the vehicle BUT... Subaru is selling Tribecas starting at 38 grand, the Q5 starts at 40,900. Jeepers.

Subaru's pricing scale aside, if Audi didn't make a superior AWD system to volume brands, that would be puzzling.
Most low level Audi and all AWD VW's use a Haldex FWD based system to which the Subaru full time AWD system is better. The Audi vectoring systems are superior to Subaru who's AWD systems are built to a cost.

They most advanced AWD systems you can buy today are the Audi vectoring, Nissan ATTESA E-TS (GTR), Mitsubish S-AYC (Lancer Evolution), Honda SH-AWD. Now the benefits of these torque vectoring systems is more performance oriented so for the average driver the low-tech Subaru viscous centre differential works very well in poor weather.
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