Unexpected Hot Hatch!? 2024 Subaru Impreza RS Hatchback Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 พ.ค. 2023
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This 6th generation Impreza features a sportier 5-door hatchback design, a 10-percent stiffer chassis and improved performance
New RS trim level equipped with 2.5-liter 182 hp SUBARU BOXER® engine
11.6-inch SUBARU STARLINK® center information display available for the first time
Improved EyeSight® Driver Assist Technology as standard
Available wireless Apple CarPlay® and wireless Android Auto™
Subaru of America, Inc. today revealed to the world the all-new 2024 Impreza at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The sixth-generation Impreza receives an all-new design, improved performance, enhanced safety features, and updated multimedia technology. Also new for 2024 is the RS trim featuring a 2.5-liter SUBARU BOXER® engine, exclusive 18-inch wheels and unique exterior and interior elements.
The Impreza debuted 30 years ago at the 1992 Los Angeles Auto Show, offering customers a value-packed compact car with available Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive. A pioneer in the compact car segment, Impreza was the only vehicle at the time to offer all-wheel drive. The Impreza also laid the foundation for the legendary Subaru WRX, the performance car with rally championships spanning four decades.
The 2024 Impreza lineup receives a sporty new look and comes standard with the latest generation of EyeSight® Driver Assist Technology. The SUBARU STARLINK 11.6-inch Multimedia Plus system is available for the first time on Impreza and comes equipped with wireless Apple CarPlay® and wireless Android™ Auto. The system also offers on-screen controls for audio, climate, and vehicle features.
For 2024, Subaru has streamlined the Impreza model line to greater emphasize the vehicle’s sportiness, versatility and capability. The Impreza is now available in Base, Sport and new RS trim levels. The compact car comes exclusively as a 5-door hatchback when it arrives in Subaru retailers this spring.
Performance and Handling
The 2024 Impreza has been designed around the concept of utility and sportiness that lends itself to an active lifestyle. Standard across the model line is a revised Subaru Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive system offering a faster response time, more agile handling and better cornering. The all-wheel drive system is further enhanced with standard Active Torque Vectoring.
The Base and Sport trims are equipped with a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder direct-injection SUBARU BOXER® engine producing 152-hp and 145 lb.-ft. of torque. The new RS upgrades to a 2.5-liter BOXER engine delivering an impressive 182 hp and 178 lb.-ft. of torque. Standard on all trim levels is a Lineartronic CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission). The Sport and RS trims feature an 8-speed manual mode with steering wheel paddle shifters that allow the driver to control the transmission via eight pre-set ratios.
The 2024 Impreza also receives a version of the WRX sport car’s dual-pinion electronic power steering rack, offering more direct and natural steering feel and greater responsiveness.
The Sport and RS trim levels are equipped with the SI-Drive performance management system, 18-inch alloy wheels and a sport-tuned suspension to maximize performance and handling.
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Imagine how well this would sell if this had the wrx engine and a manual.
The WRX should’ve been a hatchback while the Impreza should’ve been a sedan as performance compact cars are hatchbacks
I think the design looks fire. I could see an sti version of this with some flareed fenders looking really really good. Come on subaru wtf are you doing?!?!
RS sounds like a trim that should have been manual-only to compete with the Civic si & Forte GT. And priced similarly too
Where is the manual transmission!?
It's a mild hatch that a new Prius would absolutely walk away from.
Thanks for being straightforward! Will still test drive but your reviews always helps
Just wish they gave it the sti sport variant with at least the same power as mazda3 turbo and manual, other than that, it’s grown on me and I love Japanese hatchbacks
Leadership at Subaru is so out of touch. Someone needs to go over there and slap tf outta the CEO and make them put a turbo on this.
Who is this for? Only enthusiasts would care about an RS, but they are not catered to as it is CVT only
Kirk, Subaru should bring us the Levorg with a name change.
For me, the all touch screen is what killed it for me. I could almost live with it if only the touch screen wasn't laggy.
It does look good, but the letdowns are so apparent: No manual (its biggest issue), no WRX powerplant (It would be a perfect combo, hatch and turbo) and that high price tag too; WRXs are getting discounted on many dealer lots and can be had for similar money as you say!
One subaru owner I read had to replace 3 cvts in 3 years on his warranty until he just got rid of it. I hear the cost for a CVT off a warranty from one Subaru owner was $7500. Makes one want to stick with Volvo, Mazda, and Hyundai, who haven't moved to the CVT.
Its kinda nuts that it doesn't remember settings. Thanks for the review. Was thinking of getting one of these, but will have to certainly think it over and keep with the research for my next new vehicle.
The CVT takes time to Learn. During this time the CVTs behaves as shown in your video. After it settles in, the shift behaviour dramatically changes. I found all the demo cars to behave like this. When I borrowed a Subaru personal staff car, the CVT behavour was much more responsive. I own 2022 Forrester with 2.5L and its now a real hoot to drive, on hard accerlation the cvt mimics an auto transmission very well.
no 6 speed :,(
It’s amazing to see how similar some of the old tactile switch gear is to my 2004 liberty/legacy 3.0r spec b wagon. I mean don’t fix what ain’t broke and I know this is leaps and bounds more technologically advanced but i still get a kick out of it
I have one and it’s pretty fun it’s not that fast but it drives great and it’s super comfortable
As for the price comparison, an automatic is standard for 24, so if you compared comparably equipped models, the increase might not be so much. Like I said in another post though, the 2.5L should be standard, so you dont have to get a top line trim to get the 2.5L engine.