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Subaru unveils its Hybrid Tourer concept vehicle at 2010 NAIAS

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The Subaru Hybrid Tourer Concept is a four-seat vehicle with gull-wing doors that combines a 2-liter, turbocharged, direct-injection gasoline engine with a continuously variable transmission and two axle-mounted motors.

by Gloria Rzucidlo gloria1025@yahoo.com

DETROIT -- I talked to Joakim Alvarez, Exhibit Manager at Subaru regarding the Hybrid Tourer Concept. This vehicle is AWD (all wheel drive) with a CVT transmission, it has no gears but uses ratios. All the Subaru brands are AWD and have a boxer engine.

Only Porsche and Subaru have boxer engines. It is a flat engine, which gives even distribution of power and sits lower on the chassis. It comes with a 2-liter, 4-cylinder engine.

"I am not sure of the mpg," said Alvarez. The price is not yet available. The Subaru Legacy, Outback and Tribeca are built in Lafayette, Indiana while the Impreza and Forester are built in Japan.

Several models of the Subaru have won Top Safety Awards for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. The Outback won Motor Trend's SUV of the Year Award.

The Hybrid Tourer Concept will not be put in production. The technology of the concept will be used in 2012.

 

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A lithium-ion battery pack provides energy storage for the vehicle.

 

This page was last updated on Sun, January 17, 2010 6:07 PM

 

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