2024 Subaru Crosstrek First Drive: (Extra)-Urban Legend

•    Auto123 headed to British Columbia to sample the latest version of the popular Crosstrek.

•    Subaru vaunts its Crosstrek’s abilities on AND off and the road, and so that’s where we took it.

•    New styling lends a tougher, more upmarket air to the little SUV.

Kelowna, BC - Like Neo from The Matrix (it’s still hard to believe that Keanu Reeves starred in another blockbuster action franchise before John Wick), the Subaru Crosstrek is a bit of an anomaly. 

The manufacturer lists all the usual subjects as competition to its small SUV: the Hyundai Kona, Kia Seltos, Honda HR-V. But let’s be honest, none of those vehicles have the pedigree the Crosstrek does, especially in Canada. None of them do the off-road thing as well as the Crosstrek does, none of them have quite the butchy styling and none of them are their manufacturer’s bestseller in Canada.

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