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Welcome to this week’s test vehicle, a 2024 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness: more cladding, more ground clearance, more off-road bits.
How does it compare to the regular Crosstrek?
Keep an eye on this thread.
First impressions: Pretty much feels like a Crosstrek but with knobbies. How so? More sidewall flex, a little more sway in the ride and, obviously, more ground clearance.
You can see how the Wilderness package impacts fuel economy, too.
EPA numbers: city, highway, combined.
Crosstrek Wilderness: 25, 29, 27
Crosstrek Sport and Limited: 26,33, 29
Impreza RS: 26, 33, 29
All three have the 2.5L.
Some more photos because pics or it didn’t happen:
Two 90-minute highway drives in it today. Totally comfortable, totally no issues. Go, get there, come home. Comfortable, quiet. Totally enjoying the latest Impreza chassis.
Cool color, not a huge fan of the center console and center stack area on these. Not really a good spot to fit a phone. I also still hate they killed the manual in these. I had a 2017 5-spd and even with a 150hp it was a blast to drive and take on trails. The CVT which both my ex-gf and ex-wife have equipped on their crosstreks is not my favorite.
I also love the color and, yeah, a stick would make this a slam dunk.
My phone fits fine in the cubby.
I've found that faux carbon-fibre door and dashboard inserts allow me to take on much more radical terrain.
David S. Wallens said:I also love the color and, yeah, a stick would make this a slam dunk.
My phone fits fine in the cubby.
I haven't been in the new crosstrek yet but the similar setup on the outback, I could not fit a pro max iphone in there.
Some pics of the phone cubby:
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