2024
Automatic
Tax: n/a
Mileage: 10
Hybrid
Mileage: 190
Semi-Auto
Mileage: 650
Mileage: 1,600
36.7 mpg
Tax: £170
Mileage: 2,000
2023
Mileage: 2,500
Mileage: 4,733
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Want a more seriously capable kind of compact lower-mid-sized family SUV? Here Subaru provides it in the form of this car, the Crosstrek. If you think you've seen this model somewhere before, you have: this Crosstrek model is a lightly facelifted version of the third generation XV model that was launched here back in 2022. The predecessor MK2 XV design was re-badged 'Crosstrek' in the US and Canada back in 2015 and in early 2024, Subaru decided to rename the European versions of this MK3 XV design 'Crosstrek' too. At the same time, there was a light visual makeover, but the Fuji Heavy Industries brand's rather unique engineering for this car - a gruff e-BOXER engine and Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive - was carried over unchanged. The Crosstrek's e-BOXER unit can't be plugged in, but it is a proper self-charging Hybrid. In contrast to the mild hybrid engines being currently marketed by Ford and Volkswagen Group brands which feature powerplants that can't at any time run independently on battery power. So Subaru has done the job properly - and married that electrified tech to a car that can do a good deal more off-tarmac than your usual family SUV would be able to manage. But of course that all means extra weight - and efficiency cost. Are the pay-offs here worthwhile?
In Crosstrek form, this Subaru doesn't really offer anything more than you got from the third generation XV model it's based upon, unless you particularly value the slightly sharper looks and the usefully improved level of cabin infotainment. We'd hoped that the Japanese brand might have improved the efficiency of its e-BOXER engine as part of this update, but that's still some way off the prevailing class standard. But that prevailing class standard is set by cars in this class that are much less capable on a gnarly track than a Crosstrek. If you value that capability, then a slight efficiency downside isn't going to put you off one of these, nor should it. As with the XV, the brand's Symmetrical All Wheel Drive set-up is this car's biggest draw. Most alternatives in this class don't offer 4WD at all, except sometimes on ridiculously pricey variants. And even then, they simply won't get you the places this Subaru can go. If you live out in the country or you regularly tow, that's going to be a huge attraction if you're shopping for this class of car. Perhaps the next generation of Crosstrek will be able to offer this capability with fewer everyday compromises. For now though, if you're prepared to make them, there's still a lot here to like.
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