The Crosstrek Hybrid offers standard all - wheel drive, and comes powered by a 2.0 - liter four - cylinder engine paired to an electric motor, matched with a continuously variable transmission.
On paved roads, the XV
Crosstrek Hybrid offers the same sort of competent - but - not - particularly - luxurious driving experience familiar to a generation of Subaru all - wheel - drive - commuter - car aficionados.
Not exact matches
And yet, rather than
offer a new
hybrid model or base one off a particularly efficient gas - engine vehicle in its lineup, it chose to start with the XV
Crosstrek, the lifted Impreza variant introduced for 2013.
Subaru said it will
offer a plug - in
hybrid version of its
Crosstrek subcompact crossover for the 2019 model year.
If you're wondering why it chose its 3rd best - selling model in the U.S. for its first plug - in, it likely has to do with Subaru already
offering a
hybrid model of the
Crosstrek that was first introduced in 2014.
Subaru has said that the
Crosstrek Hybrid will be available in dealers toward the end of 2018, but didn't
offer any details as to price.
This engine delivers 148 horsepower and 145 pound - feet of torque, and it's the only engine
offered in the
Crosstrek (although you can opt for the
hybrid if you want).
For the 2014 model year, the company introduced Subaru's first ever
hybrid offering, the XV Crosstrek H
hybrid offering, the XV
Crosstrek HybridHybrid.
If it's
offered in the
Crosstrek, this will be the second time that the
Crosstrek will be
offered with a
hybrid powertrain, although the first one didn't do so well.
Subaru hasn't announced which model will get the plug - in
hybrid powertrain, but it's expected that it will be
offered in either the
Crosstrek or Forester.
Like the aforementioned Forester, the five - passenger 2016 Subaru
Crosstrek is another popular «soft - roading» crossover, and the
Hybrid variant has the added bonus of providing fuel economy numbers better than its non-
hybrid counterpart, while
offering similar capabilities.