ABPOT THE Subaru Impreza
Subaru Impreza ; Like the Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, the Impreza has become a great all-around compact car. It provides a smooth ride with balanced handling, and while it doesn’t have a terribly powerful engine, it offers enough grunt to handle most situations. It’s comfortable and inviting, with generous room for adult passengers and plenty of cargo space, especially in the wagon. Plus, it gets good fuel economy.
Where the Impreza could use some help is in its set of aging standard features. We like that it still comes with an available manual transmission, but many of the car’s other comfort and convenience features (or lack thereof) also seem like relics from another era. The absence of modern active safety features on the base model is disappointing in this age. For more similar products, visit SHOP
PRODUCT DICRIPTION
Subaru Impreza and wagon comes with a 152-hp 2.0-liter four-cylinder boxer engine. Even with a single engine and drivetrain, the 2022 Impreza has six different ratings from the EPA. The best fuel economy comes from non-Sport trim Imprezas with the CVT automatic, which get a rating of 28/36 mpg city/highway.
The worst comes from the manual-transmission Impreza Sport wagon, the heaviest and vehicle with the biggest tires in the lineup (i.e., the most rolling resistance). It’s rated at 22/30 mpg.
Against a competitor like the 2021 Mazda 3 AWD, the Impreza has a notable advantage. The best the Mazda 3 can do is 25/33 mpg city/highway with its naturally aspirated 2.5-liter I-4 and six-speed automatic.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
It’s no WRX, but the Impreza Sport sure wants you to think it’s athletic like the WRX. Concentrate not on the paddle shifters for the CVT automatic but instead on features like the Sport trim’s torque vectoring drivetrain.
Instead of 16- or 17-inch wheels with narrow 205-width tires like most of the lineup, the Impreza Sport gets meatier 225-width tires for greater contact patches.
CVT automatic since the Impreza Sport gets an STI short-throw shifter for quicker shifts when it’s outfitted with the five-speed manual. Aluminum pedals, racer-red stitching on the dash and center console.
The NHTSA gave the 2021 Impreza sedan and wagon each five-star overall ratings, the administration’s highest grade. For its part, the IIHS named the Impreza one of its 2021 Top Safety Picks. Neither agency has rated the 2022 Impreza yet, but scores should be similar to the 2021 model.
Although they are an option for the Impreza base model, active safety features aren’t standard until the Premium trim level. The Impreza Premium now has automated emergency braking, lane departure warning, and adaptive cruise control thanks to Subaru’s EyeSight suite of driver assistance technologies. The Limited model comes standard with blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic monitoring, automatic emergency braking, and automatic high lights. The Impreza Premium has these features as an option.
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