2024 Subaru Impreza Provides New RS Mannequin and Will Be Hatchback Solely

• Subaru unveiled the sixth-generation Impreza with up to date styling and adjustments to the lineup.
• A brand new RS mannequin with the 182-hp 2.5-liter engine from the Crosstrek is being added, echoing the two.5RS mannequin first launched in 1998.
  
• Subaru is dropping the sedan and promoting the Impreza solely as a hatchback. The 2024 Impreza will hit seller heaps within the spring.

The Subaru Impreza is coming into its sixth era with a slimmed-down lineup that pivots in its focus, dropping the Premium and Restricted fashions and including a brand new extra highly effective RS trim that joins the bottom model and the Sport. The RS receives the 182-hp 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine discovered within the Crosstrek, giving it an extra 30 horsepower and 33 pound-feet of torque in contrast with the opposite Impreza fashions.

The 2024 Impreza’s styling updates the identical acquainted design. The grille stretches taller and swaps out chrome trim for a extra muted black piece. Extra pronounced rear-wheel arches give a barely sportier look. Additionally on the rear, the taillights have been refreshed with a design that doesn’t protrude as a lot into the rear hatch. The RS mannequin additionally will get an RS badge to mark its significance.

New Options, Hatch Solely

When the third-generation WRX made its debut final 12 months, Subaru introduced that the WRX could be supplied solely as a sedan. Now, the corporate has chosen to make the sixth-generation Impreza solely a hatchback, additional differentiating the 2 fashions. It is a transfer that makes logical sense; in 2022, a spokesperson informed Automotive and Driver, the hatchback made up 73 % of Impreza gross sales.

Subaru has up to date its EyeSight driver-assist tech for the Impreza in order that it now acknowledges cyclists and pedestrians extra shortly, in addition to widening the sector of view. The brand new Impreza takes a stab at extra consolation with lowered noise within the cabin and entrance seats which are claimed to be extra supportive. Subaru is bringing its 11.6-inch vertical middle display screen to the Impreza, bringing the automobile in step with the remainder of the lineup. Beforehand, the biggest infotainment display screen out there on the Impreza was 8.0 inches.

No Guide Possibility

The Base and Sport trim ranges return with the identical 2.0-liter horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine once more producing 152 horsepower and 145 pound-feet of torque. Subaru is dropping the five-speed guide transmission, leaving solely the CVT. Usually we’d lament the passing of a guide gearbox, however the five-speed was so imprecise that it will not be missed. The Sport and RS trims will obtain paddle shifters and a simulated “guide mode” permitting drivers to pick eight preset ratios. All-wheel drive is normal and has been upgraded with a brand new lively torque vectoring system. The automobile additionally receives a model of the dual-pinion digital steering rack from the WRX, which ought to enhance steering really feel, and Subaru additionally claims the 2024 Impreza has 10 % extra structural rigidity due to a redesigned, lighter inside body.

A Return of the RS

It is a welcome transfer that Subaru is bringing again the RS badge and bringing the Crosstrek’s 182-hp 2.5-liter engine to the Impreza. In our testing, that engine accelerated the Crosstrek to 60 mph in 7.5 seconds, whereas the Impreza with its 152-hp 2.0-liter takes simply shy of 9 seconds to achieve 60 mph.

Other than extra energy, the RS will get some styling adjustments to assist distinguish it from the lesser trims. RS badging will be discovered on the entrance doorways and rear hatch. The RS swaps body-color aspect mirrors and rocker panel molding for black replacements. The inside has simulated carbon and gunmetal trim items. The entrance seats are completed in black material with pink bolstering, whereas the steering wheel and shifter get an upgraded leather-based end. The carpeted flooring mats function the RS brand.

It is definitely nonetheless no thrill-seeking sizzling hatch, however fortunately Subaru added a bit extra pep to its step. Subaru hasn’t given any pricing particulars but, however the 2023 mannequin begins at $20,815 and we count on the newer automobile will come at a small improve from that. In keeping with Subaru, the 2024 Impreza will go on sale starting within the spring.

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