Should you prefer harder launches and quicker corner exits, a flick of a dash-mounted switch sends torque forward in a fixed 1:1 ratio with the rear axle. There’s no rear differential, ensuring that the rear wheels are always trying to pass the fronts. It’s a potent combo providing both quick response and uninterrupted thrust. A turbocharged 899-cc Rotax three-cylinder whistles out 154 dirt-murdering horses through a CVT. A wheelbase longer than a Subaru BRZ’s doesn’t hurt.Īnd the power. Mostly it just grunts, saying things like, “Hang on, brother, I got this,” while indiscriminately swallowing foot-deep holes and razing saplings mid-slide. Relatively long and wide, with its seats placed low and semi-reclined in its tubular steel chassis, the buggy speaks with reasonable clarity through its electrically assisted three-mode power steering. Preload-adjustable, external-reservoir Fox shocks provide enough tuning knobs to easily screw up its factory-tuned perfection.įortunately for us, Can-Am took great measures to better X3 drivers’ odds of staying upright. Our X DS mid-level rig was less radical at 64 inches wide, with 20 inches of travel, front and rear. The $27,449 top-of-the-line X RS trim offers a more tip-resistant 72-inch width, with 22 inches of front- and 24 inches of rear-wheel travel. Separate, deliberate inputs and unloading the suspension at the right time are the keys to all-day alfalfa shredding. Ask too much of it at once, and it’ll trip and tip. This isn’t a car, and it doesn’t slide like one. But lift off the brakes completely before turning. Trophy-truck-like internally bypassed dampers keep the wheels on the ground, even through a moonscape of braking bumps. You’re quickest driving it in deep on the brakes. Keeping the (slightly) cleaner side up is an exercise that turns enjoyable when one stops being afraid and learns the X3’s nuances. Go in with the notion that rolling is easy, and you’ll be fine. Because side-by-side utility task vehicles (UTVs) have a justified reputation for sudden high-energy inversion, we tried mightily to keep the X3 upright.
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