As a former skilled trades contractor in multiple GM and Ford plants, I can tell you, MY FAMILY is strictly forbidden from driving ANY vehicle built by the Domestic Automakers ! If it’s not Japanese or even Korean it not parking in my driveway…….. PERIOD !! The absolute garbage🤮put out by the domestics is beyond description. I have personally witnessed trash being pushed through and put out the door ! Moreover, my last “ Great GM Feelings” were walking miles in a snowstorm with -20 wind chills from my brand new GM truck breaking down on US 23. And the multiple calls from my son in his broken down ass Buick P.O.S. Now, every person in my family drives 🇯🇵and it all good with hundreds of thousands of miles on the odometer and NOT ONE issue !!!!

My 2016 hyper blue limited crosstrek made in Japan. I believe for 2024 base and premium are the only ones made in Japan for the american market

@@grantreemo7789 The VIM starts with '4S' means made in Indiana, 'JF' ，means made in Japan

That blue is gorgeous ❤

@@johnberry2877 thanks for that, as a union worker i try to buy american, i guess when it comes to vehicles we cant compete with japanese made, hopefully that changes, i rather have a chevy trailer blazer thats simlar size to the crosstrek but due to the amount of driving i do for work japanese is the better buy, same with a chevy vs the toyota tundra for a truck

I just purchased one about three weeks ago and I love it 2024 base I think it’s great

@@bminnie40 Do you feel the 20 liter is adequate enough for average driving conditions?

@@kl1958yes it is I had a 2019 Impreza and it’s fine it’s an economy car.

@@yourmanzach2307 ok great...thanks

How is it possible

Looks silly af. I miss the knobs and I like x mode being a button. My previous 16 Forester was my favorite Subaru interior. My current 18 isn't bad but I don't like it as much. Really don't like the design steps Subaru is taking inside and out

Yeah it’s pretty atrocious looking. I actually think the interior as a whole is a step back. Even the sport I could have sworn had a synthetic material for seats and this gen is just a ugly fabric. The interior is just not photographing well

My take is the opposite, the base has so much to offer why waste money on better trims?, unless you want a 2.5 L engine, or you have tons of cash to burn, but I find 2.0L quite good and underrated, unless people have driven fast high end cars their entire lives… Edit: hadn’t watched the vid yet, I was referring to the 2023 base, this one is lacking a bit.

Roof rails are noisey in wind

What's the big deal. You can have all the windows tinted for a couple of hundred bucks.

How are you feeling about the base nearly 3 weeks in?

CX-30 has a 6 spd automatic if you're not a fan of CVT

it looks cheap quality inside...i wont buy it

The hybrid is a joke model in Australia.

@@Low760 The plugin hybrid Crosstrek was a joke here too. I meant a proper hybrid system like Toyota's that increases both MPG and power significantly.

Don't see that happening

This had a physical key

Yes & Yes!

@@ShootingCars I really appreciate you being what looks to be the first KZfaq review of the Base trim for the 2024 model. Thanks, you've got another subscriber.

Tuning

@@leed..2168 Smoke and mirrors 🤣

thats for dog. if you have dogs in the car

You could be correct, but that’s not what most are saying, unless they are wrong….

@@TheNewMediaoftheDawn Whoops, you're right. It's the Canadian 2.5 liter trims that are coming from Japan.

It was on the outgoing 2023. They stopped it and Plasma Yellow. Horizon Blue is available on the 2024 in the base and Premium only.

In the video he said it came right off the truck. Usually, tire pressures are overinflated or not properly checked when they receive them in. Ours were around 50 psi when it arrived off the truck and didn't catch it until I was home 3 hours later.

Keep in mind you have a Limited (the top of the line) and the Crosstrek in the video is the base model.

I still have my 2016 limited In hyper blue. Love it It’s loaded and the only thing it doesn’t have is eye sight I modded it, lifted it 1 inch and have white sparco terra wheels and bfgko at tires and put a cargo rack on it. Looks good. Want a 2024 wilderness but still love my 2016

Base models don’t come with the roof rack

And when you sell the Mazda you'll get thousands less

@@MrShadow1993 you might want to check used car values on Mazda's...

@Brian Lee Subaru's CVT is actually pretty OK, although faking shifts when you get on it is silly.

Buy an Escalade

@@danielfair4675 I am about proportions. Nice front half of the body... and weird rear half with too low roof. Looks as 2 different designers worked on them. As a result - tiny trunk and no head room enough at rear seat.

​@alexl7996 there's actually plenty of headroom in the rear, friend at 6"2" didn't hit his head. The M-B GLA is pretty much the same setup body angle wise, and they're fine also. The exterior look is deceiving

It does still have mounting points for crossbars if you want them.

In Canada, the roof rails are included in the Commodity trim (equivalent to base).

Because the typical new model year for cars, and not just Subaru, starts during summer months. The model year doesn't correspond to the calendar year.

The complete redesign happened in the previous generation, which sits on top of a new chassis. The 2024 model is more of a evolution than a complete redesign.

It's a base model

@@danielfair4675 It makes no difference - the top trims are just as ugly. The outgoing model is better in every respect looks-wise.. That's my opinion anyway.

So what do you drive ??