Open diffs front and rear, with the viscous center coupling sending torque 50/50. I guess the viscous coupling acts like a central LSD, and the computer applies the brakes to mimic LSD on the front and rear.
It’s possible to retrofit a mechanical rear LSD if you want. Someone makes a kit for around a grand, IIRC.
Took it up the Spray Lakes road the other night to check it out! Some packed snow and ice, for sure, but also loads of gravel showing through, so didn’t seem very slippery. Or maybe the tires are just that awesome!
Anyway, I thought it handled really well. It just hunkers down and powers through the corners with no drama. Normally my wife is grabbing for the Oh
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We switched seats and she took it for a spin too. She looked and felt totally comfortable pushing it a bit around the corners too. If the wife is happy driving the car on a snowy road, at night, at ten over the limit, that’s a good sign!
Oh, and the LED headlights and fogs are phenomenal. Driving through the forest at night felt like a rally car with a full-on light bar! Brighter than the Xenons in the GTI, and those were pretty darned good.
It’s just really pleasant to drive in general. Had it on the twisty pavement out to Peter Lougheed Prov. Park yesterday. No snow, but it felt really good on the bare pavement as well. 50 km/h limit, and it just grips and pulls through the corners nicely at 60-75 or so.
Didn’t want to go any faster, because cops and wildlife and pedestrians and it’s a Provincial Park and I’m not a total sociopath. It’s more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow. Truth.
