Which Lifted Wagon is the BEST? 2020 Subaru Outback vs VW Golf Alltrack

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2020

Subaru Outback premiere 2019 Volkswagen Golf all track exec line why is it a 2019

2020

night? There is no 2020 for all tracks. Actually, they are doing something strange. where they bought a bunch of 2019 models so you can buy 20 19 models in 2020 as new models while they make the move from

golf

to the next generation, so we are here to compare these plastic clad elevated

wagon

s to see

which

one is better yeah so the interior is basically a Subaru Legacy that's been

lifted

and stretched and with truck eyes and the

golf

all track is a golf that's been

lifted

and with truck eyes so let's get to the horsepower and ​​​​for torque, the all track has 168 horsepower and 199 lbs. -ft. lots of our videos auto subscribe maybe just hit subscribe so we can get to a million yeah we really want to drive that formula one car no one said we could yeah but we said we could so we gotta make it happen and record even more .

Volkswagen is a manual transmission and this Subaru is a CVT, you can't get the Subaru in manual and we didn't want to have the all track not in manual yeah so definitely bonus points to Volkswagen for still having a manual and I'm enjoying this. manual transmission a lot, but when we get to our final comparisons we'll ignore the transmission part, so it's 100% fair, yes, because we already drove this as a DSG a couple of years ago, so we know exactly what to expect, so what? what do we do? People care more about this off-roader, the practicality of the

wagon

class is probably the most important thing, however, let's start with the second most important thing,

which

is its side appearance, these definitely look pretty tough from the side , at least the Subaru Outback.

It seems a little sturdier to me, so the Outback has a lot more plastic on the roof, on the sides, everywhere. Yeah when you look at the front bumper and the rear bumper on the Volkswagen you can see it's right down at the bottom and on the Subaru it slides halfway up the bumper and it even says Outback on the side skirt and it's a pretty crazy shape , it looks great, yes, and in golf you have a side skirt that looks good, it definitely isn't. so strong and if we look at the wheels, I think the Alltrack has much nicer wheels, oh yes, they sure have a little more style and what is the tire recommended by Continental for these two trucks, it is actually the Viking contact 7, Golf already has it and that is also recommended for the interior.

What a great choice, but next I want to talk about the body lines. The Golf has such a nice, clean body line. What do you think of this Subaru? Yes, the supermarket that has nothing. going on, it's mostly plastic cladding, which I like, it's like that Forester, we're like the side profile just blends into nothing, you're right, but I think the Outback looks a lot better than the Forester, yes, and if Look also at the roof bars, between these two you have very low profile roof bars on the Golf and then everything is track, we have even more plastic and one of them seems much higher than the other, which one would be ?

That would be Jacob, that would be the Outback with an extra five centimeters of ground clearance, so people would probably appreciate an extra five centimeters and we usually complain about the wheel space, but in this class it's exactly what you need, yeah, how much More space between the wheels, basically better. Well then what about the front parts, which one looks better? Personally, I like the Alltrack because it looks like a Golf, that heritage. Oh, sorry, I mean, the back, that interior, it looks like a legacy and it's just boring. Yes, the Golf has a bit. a little more style at the front and definitely cooler headlights, yes the headlights make a big difference and then what about the rears?

I like parts of both. I definitely like that the Golf has a real exhaust that you can see and it's dual, yes. and on the golf in the lower diffuser area it looks weird, it looks like it's ready for a cutout for a tow hitch, but i actually really like the tail lights on the

outback

, the golf ones or a little boring. I think overall the Subaru looks good. It has a tougher look and the golf is more sporty, right, yes, you are right. I personally chose the All Track as the most attractive, but I think people in this class will probably appreciate the ruggedness of the Subaru, the appearance of ruggedness, yes, that's what.

Exactly, it's not the real robustness, no one cares about that and to be honest I'm a bit split down the middle because I like sportiness and robustness so I can't really decide, so let's get to the most important thing. things that people are interested in in this class, practicality starting with the trunk, okay, so they both have rear seats that will drop out of the trunk and from the last row of seats there is a lot of space back there that you probably could fit a bike without it. In any problem you can fit your carry-on luggage and there are also plenty of hangers for grocery bags, but the most important thing you need to be able to fit are checkout boxes four five eight nine 10 11 and 12 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 and 13 might be their name on this box on patreon.com cut the pipes straight, not surprisingly the Outback fits a little more but it also looks bigger from the outside, yes not only is it taller than the Alltrack, but it is generally larger on the inside.

So what about seating space and comfort? I think the Alltrack has more comfortable seats, however the Outback's are very comfortable, but I drove in them for an hour, but after that they hurt a little so I'm not really sure what's going on. I stuck with that driver's seat and had no problems with it. I drove in it exactly the same amount of time, but how's the back seat room in both? There's a lot more overall leg and head room in the Outback compared to the old track the old track is lacking a bit it's just a golf in the back seats yeah and if you're five foot eight and a half it's fine , if you're six and a half foot it's not so good so the next part of practicality is driving these things which one is faster I know it's the golf but let's try it ready yeah it's definitely the golf this CVT all the way it works It's pretty slow it's not really going anywhere but I don't think people buy this car for it to be fast, no they definitely don't but if you want the one that's a little faster and a little more fun it will definitely be the Golf , but if you want the one that is more comfortable, I will give in 100 percent.

Yeah, because it does a lot of lane keeping stuff too, but let's quickly talk about the manual transmission in the Golf, okay, so I downshifted by hand, which was the most pleasurable thing I've ever seen and boom! I love this manual transmission, isn't it. like nachi, but you know exactly what team you're on and it's very easy to use, yes it's smooth as butter, it's very grown up, it's very grown up, it doesn't feel as nachi as a civic type-r or even a GTI, but I had a lot of trouble with heel-toe-down shifting because the brake pedal is quite small and, like the firewall or whatever, it's very close to the heel.

Yeah I agree with that if you're going to try some heel and toe shifting down on this one make sure your heel fits in the area because mine personally doesn't and then on this CVT I can downshift with my paddles and it responds quickly and then you know the fake second gears got a fake second gear amount of power, it's pretty much something that you I'll never use it and the fake gears shift pretty quickly in that Outback, but this one doesn't have a S or i mode, it just drives like that Forester we drove earlier and overall handling wise the Outback tends to understeer a lot more and has with a ton more body roll the golf feels like a golf which has been lifted, which is exactly what it is, which is very good for the driving dynamics, yes, it is much tighter in the sense that on the road you give it a little more.

One move feels like the front and rear are not connected, it's like a truck and trailer moving. I feel like the type of person who buys the Outback doesn't want to have fun until they get to the cabin and the The type of person who buys the Alltrack wants to party on the way to the cabin and when they get there, yeah, in the Outback you can't turn off the traction and stability completely, you can only turn off traction through the infotainment. now, which we'll talk about later, I really got turned on, yeah, and the golf is the same, you have to turn it off through the infotainment and it's never completely off, yeah, and I could barely get this Subaru to slide in the winter, but we have driven the whole track on a frozen lake and it was a lot of fun to slide with the manual brake, it was also a little difficult to drift, but yes you can make it drift and it was much more fun than the Golf R, surprisingly, yes, because we had to force it to drift which was a fun challenge in itself and we should definitely mention that they are both all-wheel drive.

I think the Subaru system is pretty legendary, however we haven't fully tested it on a frozen lake like We have tested the 4motion system, yes for normal daily driving they will get you out of every situation you need and speaking of getting out of situations, you have X mode, yes, but now it's buried in the infotainment, we don't have a hard mode. and practically helps you get out of deep snow, deep dirt or slippery surfaces and in the Gulf we have eco normal sport custom and off-road. I've been leaving it in sport mode, I haven't really noticed that.

There's a lot of difference besides the steering, but there's no adaptive suspension or anything like that, and as far as lane keying goes, you don't really have much. Lane keeping on the golf like it has lane departure assist but it's pretty good and it has adaptive cruise so it works pretty decent but the system and the Subaru are much better yeah it's really good for traffic that it stops and starts, it has a camera that watches your eyes and everything, but when you reach higher speeds, around a hundred. miles per hour is a little wobbly and we'll get to that camera that watches your eyes in a moment because I got a little annoyed by that, but what's also cool about the Subaru is that no one else has it.

You have your display on the gauges showing how far away all the cars are and if you are on hold, but when the system automatically applies the brakes the brakes also light up on the car display, how cool is that, that's cool. Nice little touch, so as much as I enjoy this turbo and manual transmission, I think we need to change it and I have CVT experience. I want you to experience this infotainment because I have a lot to talk about and I want you to be frustrated while driving it. You are much higher than me in this golf.

Oh yeah, I feel like I'm in an SUV, not a truck, and then you have a lot more visibility out of the little windows. have in front of your mirrors - yes, sitting here doesn't feel much different than the Forester, so let's start with the general interiors, the Outback actually looks more luxurious than the Golf, yes it really is, especially with this brown Napa leather . I love how it looks. Yes, they have a great combination of textures, but you have some piano black on the shifter and things that I know you hate. Yes, there's a lot of glossy black down there and the whole screen, which is huge, also has a lot of glossy black. around and then on this golf we have our normal infotainment turned down that hasn't been updated yet to the Passat style which is higher up and then the materials on the dashboard of the golf are really nice we have a cool carbon fiber look. pattern which is really good yeah and the Subaru has a little bit of gloss black on it though it does have a little shelf which is cool and I have heated and ventilated seats in the Outback which is pretty nice and we both have a good amount of adjustable lumbar support and In the Outback we have a very confusing steering wheel like we have in all Subarus because there are a lot of buttons, yes it takes a while to get used to it, but you have a huge button for a heated steering wheel that the Golf doesn't have, yes.

The steering wheel button is actually brighter on this one than on the Forester, so Super was doing some weird things among their cars, but overall, button to button on the steering wheels, I feel like it's better in the long run to have the buttons on the Subaru. I definitely prefer the steering wheel on the golf - the shiny black one, but I can take care of the next important part live while your test, let's find out three two one, yes, both pass well and then the next thing, this little cup of coffee, the Volkswagen fits perfectly. well how's your SubaruOr the Subaru doesn't fit on the right side but it does fit on the left side because the left side has a little thing that you can take out and take out, look, look at it, does it have like a little bit? a donut, a small hockey puck, the two of them pass by you, a hockey puck doesn't have a hole in it and then you know how obsessed I am with my elbows touching the armrest while I have my hand on the wheel, the Subaru is too back but the golf has a nice armrest that slides forward which is great and from my elbows I find the interior much more comfortable because it's just softer so with all the general interior out of the way it's now It's time to get into the most controversial part. part of the infotainment mainly in the Subaru, it's pretty much just the Subaru so let's start with its appearance. the one in the Volkswagen is a regular size one that has apple carplay and android auto and the OPAC has a large vertical screen that also has android auto and apple carplay but there is something strange about it and that is the size that apple carplay and android auto is small, especially compared to the Forester that we just released and it was a nice normal screen when I installed my Apple CarPlay.

The icons on the left are so small that a baby would have trouble hitting them with a finger. Baby Driver mmhmm, yes. baby driver and Subaru an eference from Subaru I get it, I get it, it's good, there is a very good reference, however, the good thing about Android auto is that I can pinch to zoom and you can't with Apple Carplay, well, I can't pinch to zoom, no. no matter what, but I can't even use my fingers to swipe the map in the car game, so in golf we don't have hard buttons on the outside, but there are specific buttons that we can tap to go to our radio, our app. those things and we have a volume knob and a tuning knob and on the Outback I also have a volume and tuning knob, but they ruined the tuning knob compared to the Forester, this one shifts a lot slower, they ruined it a lot compared with the Forester because in the Forester video I said Subaru has the

best

head unit kit this year and they completely throw it out by introducing this one which is actually the worst because they got rid of all the physical buttons and you don't have any of those either , not the only buttons. it's got red and blue, all the real weather, your heated seats, it's all buried in the infotainment, so now let's get to this vision system that tracks your eyes because it has a view on the outside and eye tracking on the inside, so When I picked up this car the heated seats were on, I was looking at how to turn them off.

I found it while this thing is screaming at me to keep my eyes on the road, so Subaru's own system has admitted that it's too distracting to use while driving, which is crazy, yeah, in the Forester we had that little sight bar that It was near the top, they removed the top screen and integrated it all into the big vertical system and it always catches you looking away while trying to use the Infotainment, so Subaru even had a promotional video on YouTube saying that the big Vertical screen is so easy to see anything that you never have to take your eyes off the road, but the system detects you taking your eyes off the road to use it constantly.

Works like a smartphone or tablet. The buttons are big. They're there for you to see, so you don't have to take your eyes off the road to change the radio station or look at the map. This is what Subaru's own engineers have done. determined that its own infotainment system isn't road-safe because it keeps telling you that your eyes have been off the road for too long. You know how much I love rewinding satellite radio. We don't have it in the Volkswagen, but I have notifications if an artist is playing, so I set a bunch of them to Nickelback and shared them as I should, naturally, but we have rewind satellite radio stations and tune mixes in the Subaru.

It worked absolutely fantastic in the forester and they completely destroyed it in this version. I thought it was bad, but it's even worse than I thought. They actually got rid of rewind, just live rewind, so rewinding satellite radio is obviously your thing, so tell me where they went wrong here when you're on Android. Auto or Apple Carplay at the top at the bottom will show your Sirius radio but you can't rewind there and go through the stations, it doesn't even show your presets, it's like more extra steps than when you go to play mode if you actually change the stations. stations on the steering wheel, the repeat setting is removed, it just disappears, so you have to click play every time you change stations.

If I cared as much about rewinding satellite radio as you do, I'd be really upset With the system, what you should be worried about are the designers who add six extra button clicks when you don't need it and then add a vision system to yell at you when you press the extra buttons they shouldn't have known about. To design it, there is a lot going on with this infotainment system and they should have gone back to the one in the Forester, yes that one is 100% perfect but what is not perfect is the quality of the reversing camera in the Subaru, yes, They haven't updated it yet so they updated the rest of the system but not the actual camera but you do have a camera view button on the Subaru that also allows you to view from the front camera and the Golf has a rear view camera. really good reverse gear. because it's stuck on the Volkswagen logo so it's always clean and it's so big because they actually used a normal size screen you can see everything so clearly so there's another weird thing I want to mention about the vision system from Subaru if you turn on the windshield wipers. for more than two seconds it locks the iSight system and turns it off, it's closer to five seconds, but yeah, I realized that though, it's nice to be able to clear your system because you can't do it in any other car because it's always at front so I think it's time to get to the price hit me with it the Subaru Outback is forty nine ninety five Canadian and the golf all track as inspected with the manual transmission is thirty seven thousand twenty dollars and if we add $1,400 for the DSG, which brings the total to thirty-eight thousand four hundred and twenty dollars, so they're pretty much the same price as each other, yeah, exactly, so if you got that with the DSG, They are very comparable, so if we had to choose a car and they both had automatic transmissions, which one would you choose and why would I have to choose the all track because I like the way it drives much better?

I like the powertrain if we had the DSG. I like how fast the chips are. compared to this terrible CVT that doesn't shift so overall 100% everything works for me and because Subaru got rid of the normal rewind and now they only have live rewind I'm team golf because the rest of the car doesn't compensates for its elimination. Of all the good features, even the nice lane key and the golf course are even cheaper so that's another reason why I'll do it, so let us know in the comments which of these two you choose and if you're interested in seeing it. a video about a more expensive offroad truck, check out this volvo v90 cross country video