2020 Subaru Crosstrek PHEV First Drive: This Time’s the Charm?

Auto123 reviews the 2020 Subaru Crosstrek PHEV

Lafayette, IN – Today, on January 16, at 10.10 AM sharp, Subaru Canada is putting on the big premiere of its 2020 Subaru Crosstrek PHEV at the Montreal International Auto Show. This means the embargo that has held on my driving impressions of the highly anticipated plug-in Crosstrek – drive that dates back to before the 2019 holiday period – is over!

Subaru had attempted a hybrid Crosstrek before. That version was available at Canadian dealerships between 2014 and 2016, but success was elusive. The light hybrid system that model was equipped with produced fuel economy only marginally superior to that of the regular Crosstrek, which made it hard to justify to consumers the substantial price difference between the two versions.

Now the Japanese automaker is back at it, except this time it’s a hybrid Crosstrek you can plug in and recharge. A PHEV, in the parlance…

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