Hyundai vs. Subaru maybe Kia or Mazda

[littlejerry]

According to my Subaru dealer, every meeting with company representatives always has at least one question of “when will you put a turbo in the crosstrek?” The answer is always “no”.


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This is what drives me nuts about Subaru. Potential customers are begging for a product and screaming "take my money", but they ignore it.

With the current fad of offroady vehicles and "overlanding", a Crosstrek WRX would sell as many as they could make.

[JodyH]

This is what drives me nuts about Subaru. Potential customers are begging for a product and screaming "take my money", but they ignore it.

With the current fad of offroady vehicles and "overlanding", a Crosstrek WRX would sell as many as they could make.

2021 Crosstrek Sport, no turbo but has the 182hp 2.5L motor.

[perlslacker]

With the current fad of offroady vehicles and "overlanding", a Crosstrek WRX would sell as many as they could make.

What you want is a Levorg STI, which Subaru makes, but doesn't import into the USDM.

[Le Français]

2021 Crosstrek Sport, no turbo but has the 182hp 2.5L motor.

Looks like you can’t get that one with a 6MT. [emoji849]

[BN]

2021 Crosstrek Sport, no turbo but has the 182hp 2.5L motor.

Any word on when the 2021's will be for sale? I can't find anything. Any other year they would be on the lot by now.

[Baldanders]

No experience with the model you are looking at, but my wife and I have loved our Hyundai Sonata and my parents have had great experiences with Hyundai SUVs.

[Nephrology]

2021 Crosstrek Sport, no turbo but has the 182hp 2.5L motor.

Nice. I've heard the 2.0L engine in the early Crosstreks left something to be desired.

[JodyH]

Any word on when the 2021's will be for sale? I can't find anything. Any other year they would be on the lot by now.

Dealer I bought my 2020 from said he'd have some '21's on the lot this week (no sport model though).

[JodyH]

Nice. I've heard the 2.0L engine in the early Crosstreks left something to be desired.

Maybe at altitude in the mountains and loaded up with people and gear.
I haven't noticed it being underpowered at all for daily driving. Acceleration from zero and from roll on is plenty peppy to make quick passes or merge with highway speed traffic.

[olstyn]

WRX and STi owners fall into two different camps, as they're totally different people:
-Flatbill cap, vape, eBay parts crowd that beat the hell out of the car until the #3 piston cooks, it spins a rod bearing, loses a head gasket, or they grenade a driveline part.

I mean, I can't see owning a WRX or STi and driving it *gently* - what's the point in having a street version of a rally car and driving like a grandma? That said, if you're going to run any car hard, you need to prep and maintain it properly. eBay parts seem like *not* doing that, so...