2024 Subaru Solterra: For Year Two, Updates and a Slight Jump in Price
In conjunction with its appearance at the 2024 Montreal Electric Vehicle Show this week, the 2024 Subaru Solterra was presented this week with a focus on showing the adjustments made to the EV for Year Two on the market.
Those changes reflect the automaker’s desire to listen to the feedback from what is one of the more loyal customer bases in the trade. They likely also reflect the awareness that the Solterra is in a dogfight in the budding all-electric compact SUV segment.
2024 Subaru Solterra – What’s new?
The most apparent change is the new flat-bottom-flat-top steering wheel that greets you when you open the door. That came in response to complaints that certain drivers were having difficulty seeing all the driver gauges, which in this model are meant to be seen over the top of the steering wheel.
Then, Subaru has enhanced the front passenger seat by making it power-height-adjustable, plus it can be laid nearly flat backwards now, which allows for fitting in long objects all the way from the trunk through to the dash if needed.
Up top, the low-profile roof rails previously only found on higher trims are now standard on the base model on up.
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