The 2024 Subaru Impreza Is All-New, Improved and Hatchback Solely

Since its introduction to the U.S. market 30 years in the past, the Subaru Impreza has been a preferred compact automotive for consumers searching for efficiency — by the use of the Impreza-based WRX — or for these merely needing a automotive nicely suited to driving in inclement climate. Due to its normal all-wheel drive, the Impreza has had loads of sway over this latter shopping for demographic. Now there is a redesigned 2024 Impreza that Subaru hopes will pique your curiosity.

This new technology of Impreza would not look radically totally different from its 2017-2023 predecessor but it surely does characteristic some key enhancements. The underlying physique construction is 10% stiffer than the outgoing mannequin. That pays dividends in a smoother trip and extra exact dealing with, Subaru says. There’s additionally the addition of the bigger 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine, which ought to go a good distance towards bettering the Impreza’s drivability. Different modifications for the 2024 Impreza embrace a hatchback-only lineup (a sedan is not supplied) and a revised trim degree construction that jettisons the Premium and Restricted trims and introduces the RS because the top-of-the-line mannequin.

Extra energy for the 2024 Impreza

Lifting the hood on the brand new Impreza will reveal one in every of two doable engines. The Base and Sport trims sit beneath the brand new top-tier RS and include a 2.0-liter four-cylinder making 152 horsepower and 145 lb-ft of torque. It’s comparable in output to the bottom engine in a Honda Civic hatchback however much less highly effective than the Civic’s turbocharged improve engine or the 186-hp engine discovered within the Mazda 3 hatchback. Fortunately, the RS trim ought to equal issues up. It will get a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine that makes 182 hp and 178 lb-ft of torque. This is identical engine improve Subaru provides in its Crosstrek small SUV. Based mostly on our time within the Crosstrek, we might heartily suggest the two.5-liter over the two.0-liter model.

Energy from both engine is run by means of a constantly variable transmission (CVT) to the Impreza’s normal all-wheel drive. Sport and RS fashions get a revised CVT that has eight programmed shift factors and shift paddles to impart a extra historically sportier driving expertise. Subaru additionally says all Imprezas will use a model of the WRX’s steering system for elevated really feel and accuracy. The RS trim additional will get a sport-tuned suspension. A handbook transmission is not supplied on the Impreza, nonetheless.

Inside updates observe go well with from different Subies

Subaru has gone with an analogous total design because the previous-generation Impreza. That needs to be simply high quality because the earlier mannequin had easy-to-use controls, wonderful outward visibility and ample rear seat house for a small automotive. Subaru has discontinued the upscale Restricted trim, nonetheless, so the Impreza will go with no leather-based inside for the foreseeable future.

There is a good quantity of normal tools, even on the Base trim degree, which incorporates keyless entry and dual-zone local weather management. The RS trim ranges provides the choice of a 10-way power-adjustable driver’s seat in addition to distinctive upholstery that includes crimson accents, in addition to simulated carbon-fiber inside trim, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, heated entrance seats and rear USB charging ports.

Out there within the Sport and RS fashions is Subaru’s massive 11.6-inch tablet-style infotainment display. This accommodates controls for the local weather management in addition to different car features and provides built-in wi-fi smartphone connectivity for each Apple and Android telephones. Over-the-air updates may even be obtainable.

Subaru’s newest model of EyeSight — that is what it calls its suite of superior driver aids — is normal on all Impreza fashions. Enhancements have been made to permit the techniques to function extra shortly and in a larger vary of situations. The usual applied sciences nonetheless embrace adaptive cruise management, automated emergency braking and lane departure mitigation. The obtainable blind-spot warning system now has an intervention help perform that may robotically steer the automotive again into its lane should you attempt to change lanes whereas a automotive is within the car’s blind spot.

The 2024 Impreza ought to keep a reasonable possibility

Whereas full pricing particulars have not been launched by Subaru but, we would be shocked if this humble hatchback was far more costly than the 2023 Impreza, which begins at simply over $21,000. You can discover the brand new hatchback-only 2024 Impreza in your native Subaru vendor this coming spring.