2024 Subaru Impreza RS Review - Manage Your Expectations.

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Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:21 - Drivetrain
3:01 - Interior
5:15 - BFB Test
5:31 - Interior
6:01 - Back Seats
6:47 - Trunk / Cargo Space
7:36 - Exterior
8:06 - Final Thoughts
9:31 - Outro

Пікірлер: 65

@captmaverickable 8 ай бұрын

In a world dominated by crossovers, keeping a compact car with a hatchback and good cargo room is a blessing.

@damilolaakanni 9 ай бұрын

I believe the Impeza is all new for 2024,it's not just a refresh. With this redesign, Subaru discontinued the sedan and the manual transmission.

@user-te7fn3gr6g 9 ай бұрын

I’m a huge fan of Subarus having owned four of them, but their body designs are glacially slow to change. I like them, but the difference from the last few Legacy and Impreza generations are pretty incremental. Indeed the Legacy plastic “cladding” is tiresome.

@rawb4185 9 ай бұрын

@Jonathan-mp7xgare you sped Jonathan. It made complete sense to anybody with even the smallest comprehension ability.

@blue-tb2fd 9 ай бұрын

@@rawb4185That guy comments like a white knight whenever someone says anything remotely negative about Subaru's CVTs. Nobody said anything negative about them, yet there he is. People are free to have their own opinions but he can't take it.

@Section_8_Supercars 9 ай бұрын

@@Brian_Eugene_Leesuburus use Nissan jatco cvts

@chrisbrownaz 9 ай бұрын

They also discontinued the optional leather interior.

@nandernugget 9 ай бұрын

That whole giant screen deal Subaru has going on with all their new models is so ridiculous

@flips220 9 ай бұрын

It's one of the biggest dealbreakers for me. That screen is disgusting.

@zergilli9719 9 ай бұрын

Drove the newest gen outback with it and it's nice. It isn't overly bright. It works well. No complaints about it at all..

@jordanimatedstreaming 9 ай бұрын

Jeremy Clarkson once said the Impreza was about as luxurious as an Egyptian prison with a flat four H pattern engine as old as your parents with four pistons tribbing away like a pair of raucous lesbians. Ok I made up the lesbian part. Even so, the Impreza RS still manages to be one of the most charming cars for the price to look at and to drive.

@wigletron2846 9 ай бұрын

At $32k i just don't see the point of this car. You can get a lightly optioned Forester with the same engine for the same price. If you want performance the WRX base is only like $1k more or you can look at an Si.

@user-te7fn3gr6g 9 ай бұрын

If the Impreza RS had a 5 or 6 speed, it might be a little more comparable.

@davidp2888 9 ай бұрын

This looks so much better than the old model.

@whoawoahh 7 ай бұрын

You are the guy who took a huge loss on a 2007 Nissan Altima 3.5

@whoawoahh 7 ай бұрын

I saw it on another video

@tylerblack3122 9 ай бұрын

My wife and just bought a 2024 base model and we love it. Has everything we need and everything we don’t.

@chop2093 9 ай бұрын

Needs to be 5k cheaper and come with a normal automatic not a cvt then it might be a decent option.

@DM-fp8uw 9 ай бұрын

Would have loved your thought on this vs the CX30

@gohan2355 8 ай бұрын

Cabin noise really aint bad going down the road now its really loud when your back roading for sure. I notice changes when i drive mine when i am on a highway and when i am backroading. Back roads have worse roads then on the highway. Seems like they care of interstates and highways better then backroads

@ebrondel 9 ай бұрын

Would you take the RS over a 2.0 liter civic hatchback manual transmission ?

@user-te7fn3gr6g 9 ай бұрын

Hi Zack. If you had to choose between a 2024 Subaru Impreza RS, Honda Civic Hatchback 2.0 6 speed and a Mazda 3 Hatchback 6 speed, which would you buy? I realize you have a Mazda 3, lol. Thank You.

@1Springloaded 9 ай бұрын

Great review. Thanks! This seams a little pricey. The Civic sport touring is a little less than this, the way it's spect out. The AWD is a huge plus though. Similar in size. I don't know. They both have good resale too. I still think I'm going with the Honda.

@stephanieshantz 9 ай бұрын

Interesting. In Canada the Civic Sport Touring (hatch) is going for about $10K more than the Impreza RS where I live. I would have preferred a Civic but not willing to pay that price difference.

@Koulis_ 9 ай бұрын

I used to like Imprazas, sadly this is a sad shadow of it's former self. They don't even sell these in the UK anymore and I can see why.

@zergilli9719 9 ай бұрын

Its a great vehicle dummy... dont negatively comment on a car you dont drive yourself.

@Spawned4Dinner 9 ай бұрын

Looks like a solid car. It just seems kinda... strange that they gave a car an RS-badge which makes roughly as much power as the tier below the RS would in other brands.

@blue-tb2fd 9 ай бұрын

The original 2.5RS was the same idea. It had the same 165 hp as a normal Impreza

@Spawned4Dinner 9 ай бұрын

@@blue-tb2fd Huh, didn't know that. Thanks for the clarification

@msmoniz 9 ай бұрын

If I'm not mistaken Subaru CVTs are from AISIN, which is the transmission manufacturer owned by Toyota, which in essence is a Toyota CVT which probably explains why as far as CVTs go, it's a solid one since AISIN/Toyota have been making them and working out the bugs the longest.

@janoskovacs11 9 ай бұрын

Subaru is making its own cvt. They’ve been working on it since the ‘80s

@user-te7fn3gr6g 9 ай бұрын

The 1987 Subaru Justy had a CVT, if I remember correctly@@janoskovacs11

@nighthawkvc25a 9 ай бұрын

As of now (around the release of Zack's video), Toyota owns about 20% of Subaru and I've heard Subaru uses some parts in Toyota's supply chain. It could very well be that certain aspects of Subaru's CVT be the same or similar in part.

@zergilli9719 9 ай бұрын

@@janoskovacs11yes.. it is not a Toyota CVT. It's Subaru's own tech which is why it's good.

@dave11686 9 ай бұрын

Nice

@bwofficial1776 9 ай бұрын

I'm surprised these are selling. I thought Subaru couldn't give Imprezas away but give it a slight lift and cladding and they can't keep the Crosstrek in stock. I don't see why they came out with a new Impreza, and even more so why it's hatchback only. Unless they bring back the WRX hatch, no one would notice if they exit the compact hatchback market entirely. The 2.5 is an acceptable engine and this isn't a big car. Subaru's CVT is pretty decent. It's an acceptable car if you want a competent AWD hatchback without much sport.

@wigletron2846 9 ай бұрын

Idk if acceptable is enough. You can get an awd mazda3 hatchback for around this price and it's a better car.

@JVE4611 9 ай бұрын

@@wigletron2846the only downside is rear torsion beam on mazda3

@SolixTanaka 9 ай бұрын

Take rate on the sedan vs hatch was really low, something like in the 20% range. It's also the reason why they got rid of manual to a lot of vocal dismay - take rate on those was sub-10%. These cuts is probably how they were able to achieve an even cheaper MSRP versus last year's models.

@mbd501 5 ай бұрын

I'm glad a carmaker's still offering a normal hatchback car. Many have abandoned that segment.

@horizonnp5153 9 ай бұрын

Idk why I'm getting 2019 vibes from this car

@no-damn-alias 9 ай бұрын

A CVT in a "rallye sport" modell. Oh come on. ANY other transmission would be better. This is such a deal breaker.

@zergilli9719 9 ай бұрын

Just drive it.. its fine..

@idrk1989 9 ай бұрын

the design looks really good but the interior is definitely aging in my opinion.

@user-te7fn3gr6g 9 ай бұрын

I own a 2016 Subaru Legacy 3.6R Limited and test drove an Impreza RS, the seats in the RS are better in terms of padding, firmness and bottm seat length and comfort, so there’s that.

@gohan2355 8 ай бұрын

Does anyone own this car????? Very very fond of them a lot, big time lover of the subaru family

@spicyroo4429 5 күн бұрын

I do own one, I love it!

@tg8150 4 ай бұрын

I drove the RS 2.5 and Sport 2.0 back to back. I could NOT tell any difference in power. Don’t believe the hype of the 2.5. It’s not ground breaking over the 2.0.

@TheFalseProdigy 9 ай бұрын

For 32k$, this is a complete disappointment, and I think Subaru is really gone downhill since their glory days of the early 2000’s

@anthonykiedis1765 9 ай бұрын

182hp? The base model Mazda 3, which is $10,000 cheaper, has more hp. Subaru needs to do better.

@tpolerex7282 9 ай бұрын

Try $2,100 cheaper than the RS and but 9 hp more like that’s gonna make a difference.

@anthonykiedis1765 9 ай бұрын

@@tpolerex7282 I was comparing a base model Mazda 3 (it was $23,000 last year, looks like it went up to $24,000 this year) to the tested price of the car in the video ($33,000). That's a $9,000 difference even after the recent Mazda 3 price increase.

@tpolerex7282 9 ай бұрын

@@anthonykiedis1765 it’s got options, just like you can add to the Mazda 3. Base Impreza RS with the 2.5: $28,975, base Mazda 3 Hatch: (less equipped) $27,305, = $1,670 difference. I think the Mazda 3 is a great hatch, too small and outdated transmission but it’s a sweet car.

@aenoymotors 9 ай бұрын

I was excited for this car until I saw it was auto only. Boo! Why make a successor to the wonderful 2.5 RS back in the day and then saddle it with a stupid CVT? Just makes zero sense to me.

@tpolerex7282 9 ай бұрын

Seems like you haven’t noticed every single marque abandoning manuals for the past quarter century. The CVT works fine - utterly unnoticeable other than gives what you ask of it, my first and I’ve been driving mostly manuals for 50 years along with high output V8’s and GM 3-speed Autos, still have my manual (of course) ‘02 WRX.

@aenoymotors 9 ай бұрын

@@tpolerex7282 yeah I noticed. It doesn't mean I have to like it.

@DudeDude491 9 ай бұрын

CVT….No Thanks

@bwofficial1776 9 ай бұрын

Subaru's CVT is actually pretty ok. If you really get on the gas or use the paddle shifters it'll fake an 8 speed.

@BobbyR2 9 ай бұрын

@Jonathan-mp7xg Nothing to do with reliability, CVT is just boring and slow from a dead stop. A DCT is what's needed with a big 4 cylinder engine.

@Detah_ 9 ай бұрын

this really just goes to show how Subaru has gone from the cool weird boxer engine company to just. Toyota, 2. Way to conservative and boring. The RS would have been great as a baby WRX they just HAD to make it autotragic only

@DudeDude491 9 ай бұрын

CVT not so Impezzive….

@zergilli9719 9 ай бұрын

Drive one.. then you wont complain.