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2020 SUBARU OUTBACK VS. 2019 HONDA PASSPORT

2020 SUBARU OUTBACK VS. 2019 HONDA PASSPORT

In a vehiclescape increasingly dominated by high-riding crossovers that mostly just haul folks around on pavement, it's fun to zoom in on the few that still pretend to serve the outdoorsy mission the genre was created for in the first place. For 25 years people have been taking Subaru Outbacks out to the back of beyond. Sure, the Outback started life as a mildly hiked up wagon and no, it never featured butch rock-crawling gear like a ladder frame or live axles, but these days it offers 8.7 inches of ground clearance, standard all-wheel drive, a National Parks infotainment app, and an Onyx XT trim grade boasting a front-view camera for spotting the immediate obstacles ahead, a full-size spare, and an exclusive Dual-Mode X-Mode drive program that adds settings for deep-snow and mud or dirt and sand conditions to facilitate family adventuring. Honda's key competitor in this space, the Passport, once did feature a ladder frame and live rear axle (all of which was designed and built for Honda by Isuzu), but returns to market sporting Subaru's same essential unibody multi-link formula. Which is the more enticing new entry? We examined both at the 2019 New York auto show to find out.

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