As shown in this roller test, flat ground, the CR-Vs AWD is pretty much useless. It requires way too much wheel spin and wheel speed to engage. In real world conditions the best traction available is during the first attempt, before wheels start to spin excessively. Once the wheels spin excessively, they smooth out the surface and kick out pebbles, stones, twigs etc. that aid traction, and it becomes much more difficult to get out of a situation after that happens.
The CX-5 does notably better, but not that great either.
For comparison, here is the Tiguan vs Subaru Forrester. These two handle the situation how it should be handled for the most part.
The CX-5 does notably better, but not that great either.
For comparison, here is the Tiguan vs Subaru Forrester. These two handle the situation how it should be handled for the most part.
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