The Crosstrek, like
most Subarus, is all - wheel drive, and EPA - estimated fuel economy is listed at 23 mpg city and 29 mpg highway with the five - speed manual and 27/33 with the CVT.
Most Subarus are dull and boring, Subaru makes awesome concepts like this and then when the cars come out they water them down to dullness.
Like
most Subarus, the Ascent is designed to attract the REI crowd, which means, potentially, a bit of light off - roading.
Not exact matches
In my experience working on
Subarus, they generally don't mount the engines low enough to take advantage of the center of gravity, for the
most part, the center of gravity in their road cars is similar to that of a V6.
However,
most newer all - wheel - drive vehicles send power to a primary axle, either the front for front - wheel - drive - based all - wheel - drive systems (like
Subarus and the crossovers previously mentioned), or to the rear for rear - wheel - drive - based systems (like BMW's xDrive or Mercedes - Benz's 4MATIC).
If you're going strictly on price, you can beat that with some Honda, Toyota and especially Hyundai models, but they won't be all - wheel - drive, and they won't be
Subarus, a brand which has some of the
most dedicated owner base I've encountered.
Subaru's X-Mode goes further than almost any other mainstream vehicle system to manage slip in the
most extreme conditions and
Subarus boast more ground clearance than anything but a Jeep.
Example:
Subarus and
most Audis.
Constantly variable transmissions like those found in the Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, Honda Accord (base engine), almost all
Subarus, and of course,
most hybrids, save fuel by eliminating the shifting completely and by increasing the total ratio spread available.