Subaru Ascent fun in the snow | Just for Christmas! | Uncut

You asked for it, you got it! Following the winter review and the diagonal test of the Subaru Ascent, you asked us to get the "uncut" version of the snow fun drift! Well, here ya go! Consider it your Christmas present! So a few pointers before you look at it:

** All hooning and little snow drift for fun are performed on a closed section of the road for our filming need. Do not do that on a public street!

1- That Subaru Ascent is equipped with non-studded Toyo OBSERVE GSI-5 winter tires. We could equip it in time with Nokian's Studded tires but that's gonna be for another time!

2- This is NOT a 50/50 AWD system, it's Active Torque Split AWD! This system employs a multi-plate transfer clutch that maintains a 60/40 front/rear torque split and uses a range of sensors to automatically adjust this split on-the-fly as conditions warrant, creating more predictable handling. The Active Torque Split AWD places the focus on ease of operation, fuel efficiency, and reliability.

3-- It never gave up, a lot of AWD system will give up after 30 secs to 5 min of testing. This one hold on like the Millenium Falcon over time!

4- X-mode définition: X-MODE controls the engine output, transmission, AWD torque split and braking system to help tackle the trickiest of conditions and bring even more rugged capability into sharp focus

5- Snow condition: You can't see it, but it was slippery as hell! Black ice under 3-10 cm of fluffy light snow and ultracold temperature! Our cameraman froze its fingers in a few minutes outside.

6- That hill: More than 6' hight at the top, big banking that can send a car rolling! So getting sideways in it is not a good idea!

7- Break-Over angle, with so much ice, physics send the Ascent sideways and we don't want to have the top of the hill in that middle point where we would get stuck! We don't like to call for help with a Subaru!

8- In 2019, we will do a regular diagonal test on a tarmac to be fair, expect similar performance to the Subaru Outback!

So check out our about the Subaru Ascent AWD diagonal test in deep snow with X-mode!

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2019 Subaru ASCENT Playlist:

1st Part: 2019 Subaru Ascent The Good and the BAD:

2nd Part: 2019 Subaru Ascent Review:

3rd part: 2019 Subaru Ascent Acceleration test | 0-60mph / 0-100kmh

4th part: 2019 Subaru Ascent Acceleration test in the COLD | 0-60mph / 0-100kmh

5th part: 2019 Subaru Ascent Diagonal and Snow Test

6th part: 2019 Subaru Ascent Hooning in the snow!

7th Part: Fishing Salmon adventure in Nova Scotia

8th Part: Towing 5000lbs on a muddy boat ramp with the Subaru Ascent

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[AWDfreak]

It seems the chassis and all wheel drive system are very tossable, showing the great potential of the Subaru Global Platform and Symmetrical AWD, Active AWD.

[ujpo]

Hello! Thanks for the fun! Weather for Subaru!

[NiceTubeAccount]

+1, this is why snow is awesome, looks like Santa made this car, perfect car for winter snow driving

[HaiLe-iouh]

My subscription was worth it. 3 videos for the Subaru Ascent

[krys]

Great video as always.
In which si-drive mode you've been driving? In my Forester xt I can't disengage vsc completely, but maby it's because the different software for EU market.

[tenman]

I'm not sure whether or not the front wheels should have gripped the road better on the hard turns.

[fary]

I wonder how stability/traction control remains off !!!
Can’t do that with my RAV4, doesn’t even let you turn it off

[EasyTechTrading]

@car question is the transmission overheat? after all these test? just curious..

[clou]

Take care buddy one day you might bang into something especially in city roads. Going fast in public roads.

[geochafg]

Some say cvt subarus can't drift!