Can the 2018 Subaru Outback conquer all three stages of Gold Mine Hill?
After a years-long absence following our trek in an Outback up Cliffhanger, we’re taking a new one off-road! More specifically, we just purchased a 2018 Subaru Outback 2.5i. In this video, we take it up against another TFL long-termer – the 1991 Jeep Cherokee. It’s four-wheel drive versus all-wheel drive, old-school ruggedness versus more modern technology. We know from previous experience the Cherokee can make it up stage three of Gold Mine Hill. But can the Subaru take the challenge head on?
In the end, we have to hand the trophy to the Cherokee in this old versus new challenge. The Subaru Outback is tremendously capable as an adventure vehicle in most terrain, but its transmission coupled with the four-cylinder engine just didn’t give it the oomph needed to get up the more technical stage three.
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