Subaru Outback vs Volkswagen Passat Alltrack | Drive.com.au

We take Subaru's and Volkswagen's high-riding wagons out of their comfort zone.
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[@supergee1070]

Outback does have a 12v power outlet in the boot. It’s on rear left, on the inside wall, not obvious at first but it’s there.

[@djizzah]

went on a surftrip down the coast in one of my friends outback, reall y comfortable

[@FiredEmpire]

I can't believe how small the Passat Allroad actually looks sitting side by side with the Outback

[@maximderim]

The Subaru is surely more reliable and it costs significantly less.

[@nickbianchi]

I like the Subaru a lot... but here in Switzerland (or Europe in general), it’s the Octavia Scout that’s the best bang for the buck. If it wasn’t for the CVT, I’d still tend towards the Subaru I suppose.

[@MrRichieCZ]

I was in Switzerland many time... Last time this summer as a part of roadtrip thru Alps with my Outback. I was suprised how many of them are in villages around Zurich. BTW I don't like Škoda but I have to admit that it has value for the price.

[@MrRichieCZ]

I didnt mentioned CVT... I was pretty scared by it. After some time I'm glad that is one there. Its comfortable, Its helping with fuel comsuntion and it works offroad pretty well.

[@raymonddeclifford8783]

I thought you were going to do a review where you were pushing them to their extremes?? that was CRAP! you drove them on a very tame gravel road and went through a shallow ford and mentioned a few things that can be found on any webpage. Actually the stuff you showed can be found in the suburbs. Can't believe I just sat through that pointless bable.

[@nickbianchi]

Raymond de Clifford You can’t really expect to take any of them on tougher roads, can you?

[@me_ca136]

@@nickbianchi shure you can! there are other Videos out there and even i brought my outback to much harder Terrain in the backroads and forrests arround my little village.....

[@mo-215]

Agreed. Claim was that the review was going to really push the extremes. The video review was NOT a review or test in anything. It was a normal review and they happened to be on dirt roads. Zero test of backroad capability

[@MrRichieCZ]

"In this test, we wanna push them to the extreme".... ROFL, that wasnt extreme even for Alltrack.... There is a guy in Slovakia who is testing the cars on really hard stuff... And they dont need it in their country at all because of nice roads.

[@dshiningsword2427]

my money on Subaru too....

[@justy5944]

Much better than the car advice review

[@INUMIMI28]

Is this Passat uses Haldex AWD? If so I would put my trust and money on Permanent AWD Subaru.

[@VetteMaro86]

Yes, it uses a haldex AWD system.

[@intrepidmilotic5999]

Haldex is permanent AWD and is essentially the same system Subaru uses with slight modification. Haldex is used by some premium brands like Audi,Volkswagen,Volvo.

[@intrepidmilotic5999]

Haldex is permanent AWD and is essentially the same system Subaru uses with slight modification. Haldex is used by some premium brands like Audi,Volkswagen,Volvo.

[@benkrutpong443]

yeah but its fwd bias while the outback is symetrical

[@sourwords1808]

subaru all day and daily

[@NatesEscape]

you can also turn the lane change warning off i think you guys should read the manuals before making these videos other than that great review

[@NatesEscape]

why is there no power plug in the back? the 3.6 litre has one...

[@MrRichieCZ]

In previous generations was three of plugs. One in the front, second in box between front seats and third (optional) in trunk... I think that in this generation ist same but he didnt mentioned.

[@juliuscottbus4851]

The Alltrack can speed up to 240 Kph, greetings from Germany 🤫

[@HardLordd]

my dads stock Outback did 255 Kph on Autobahn. we were pretty confused by that.

[@christopherdounis6729]

... this advertisement brought to you by the folks at VW Australia.

[@vkratoch]

Exactly another hypocrite journalist wannabe. Autoexpert KZbin channel much better

[@tonychestnut904]

Like your presentation a lot. Thank you.

[@davidcooke6990]

You seriously decided the test over which tyres they had? How stupid.

[@ЗвездныйСкиталец-р9р]

Subaru Outback!!!

[@richardlove4287]

Just turn the lane departure warning OFF then. Simple.

[@jesperschlanbusch8254]

Estate vs SUV, and the one with the best tires won? What is next? The Humvee vs Fiat 500? The one with the cutest windows wins. Come on now, compare the Subaru with fx the Ford Explorer.

[@impvision]

When is offroad? Subaru is my choice.

[@vkratoch]

Subaru all the way. Has not killed unsuspecting civilians through diesel gate and reliability way higher I owned both vw Passat and outback.

[@StewartRoss]

11 seconds in and you've already made an ignorant assumption. Good one.

[@StewartRoss]

32 seconds in, drops the ball again. It use to be based on the Liberty wagon, but 2015 onwards is its own stand-alone model.

[@Eriwan79]

Subaru.. What else...

[@MrAlphacallsign]

Passat Alltrack? here in United States Volkswagen gave us a Golf Alltrack 1.8 engine is a joke i didn't know it exist a Passat alltrack, if they can bring that Passat Alltrack to United States it will be better what engine do that Passat Alltrack have posible a V6 cylinder that make more sense

[@kraftavto9202]

VW 👍👍

[@TomSmithers]

puh-lease... if you want to go off-road, go buy a real 4wd these cars are crossovers the subaru's cvt gearbox is horrible and try sitting in the 2nd row...horrible! passat alltrack hands down

[@MrFloydroy]

I don’t get why people don’t like the cvt. It’s always people devoted to antiquated technology.

[@zooks3894]

@B B You've never owned a car with a cvt. You wouldnt know whether they are good or not.

[@yanko84]

VW the most unreliable car ever ... sadly i own one ;(

[@dazdbog1063]

Subaru Outback is better than VW ;-)

[@SayWhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat]

Volkswagen... :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD piece of shit car. why you even compare vs Good Subaru?