That was tolerable.īut on grooved concrete at 60 mph or more, they howled, sang, roared, thumped, and made so much noise that we repeatedly found ourselves turning up the audio system several notches and raising our voices even to talk to a passenger sitting beside us. On smooth pavement, the tires hummed rather like an electric motor. It wandered easily, its steering was numb, and it proved surprisingly susceptible to crosswinds-none of which applied to the Impreza. And with its larger 15.9-gallon gas tank, that gives it a range of almost 500 miles.Ģ013 Subaru XV Crosstrek, upstate New York, Dec 2012 That's impressive for a non-hybrid AWD vehicle. Over a lengthy test drive of 700 miles, two-thirds of it at speeds of 50 mph or higher, our 2013 XV Crosstrek returned an average of 30.3 mpg under some hard driving. (Gas mileage for the Fiat 500L hasn't yet been rated.) While the XV Crosstrek is also 2 mpg lower than the combined rating for the Mini Cooper Countryman with six-speed manual, it's better than the Countryman's automatic model, at 27 mpg, which is likely to be the better seller. The Crosstrek comes in 1 mpg lower than the rating for the Juke with CVT, but we found that in real-world usage, the all-wheel drive Juke delivered disturbingly low fuel efficiency: about 22 mpg. The Impreza does better, at 30 mpg combined for the CVT and 28 mpg combined with the five-speed. If you get the manual, that falls to 26 mpg combined (23 mpg city, 30 mpg highway). Our 2013 Subaru Crosstrek with the CVT was rated by the EPA at 28 mpg combined (25 mpg city, 33 mpg highway). It nominally competes with high-volume compact crossovers, but it's smaller and easier to maneuver than the likes of the Toyota RAV4, Honda CR-V, Ford Escape, and Subaru's own successful Forester.īut in reality, it's more likely to be cross-shopped against the regular Impreza, the oddly styled but fun Nissan Juke, and the Mini Cooper Countryman-along with the soon-to-launch Fiat 500L.Īlong with its Impreza sibling, the Crosstrek is one of the greener all-wheel drive cars on the market.īoth cars use a 148-hp 2.0-liter flat-four engine, with either a five-speed manual gearbox or Subaru's Lineartronic continuously variable transmission (CVT), which delivers better mileage. (except the limited-production BRZ sports coupe), the Crosstrek comes with standard all-wheel drive. That's more or less the same recipe that turned the meek Legacy wagon into the enormously successful Outback crossover in 1995, but applied to a compact hatchback.Īnd, of course, like all Subarus sold in the U.S. It's essentially the Impreza compact five-door hatchback, with larger wheels and tires, higher ground clearance (8.7 inches), more aggressive trim, larger front disc brakes, and a bigger gas tank.
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