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TESTER'S NOTE The 11.6in portrait touchscreen system is decent with a good number of features, even if the graphics and fonts make it look like something Geordi La Forge should have operated. MS
Niche model engineering continues to play rather well for determinedly left-field Subaru. Last year, the third-generation Crosstrek, which has just made it to Europe, was within a whisker of becoming the biggest-seller in the Japanese company's North American range.
Many Brits will see it as precisely the wrong kind of crossover: jackedup ride height and permanent four-wheel drive underneath and not enough space and convenience up top. However, where there is a demand for cars like this, there are customers who like the way the Crosstrek goes about meeting it and it's not that hard to see why.
What we used to know as the XV remains basically the Impreza hatchback on stilts. Subaru has stiffened and reinforced the chassis this time, though, concentrating its efforts particularly on improving comfort and refinement, with stronger chassis joins and a better seat design, among other things.
While other engines are on offer globally, the only one we get in Europe (and the only one ever likely to pass Euro 7 emissions homologation) is Subaru's mild-hybrid 2.0-litre petrol boxer.
This atmospheric flat four makes a modest 134bhp and 1341b ft of torque (down a little on that in the old XV), with the gearbox-mounted electric motor capable of chipping in some 17bhp and 491b ft.
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