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The Impreza RS Experience Rethinking Compact Comfort and Style · In Wheel Time Podcast

• 0:12
  Speaker 1: Time now for this hour's car review 2024 Subaru Impreza.
• 0:16
  Speaker 1: Available trim levels include the base, the sport and the RS.
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: I had the RS, compact hatchback it's called.
• 0:28
  Speaker 1: I like to call it a small station wagon.
• 0:30
  Speaker 1: You can call it what you will.
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: That's what I call it.
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: See, it's five passengers, including the driver, all new, redesigned this year.
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: They're no longer building the Impreza sedan, really, oh no, it's gone.
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: So then you say, oh, but what about the WRX?
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: Where did it go?
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: It's done.
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: It's done, at least for now.
• 0:53
  Speaker 1: But listen to my review.
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: Exterior features Sharp looking lowered front end with a proportional grille Looks more like a hot rod compact wagon than traditional hatchback.
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: You following my game there.
• 1:09
  Speaker 1: Sloping rear hatch glass, attractive front and rear lighting, silver or gray looks awesome with the black wheels.
• 1:19
  Speaker 1: What could use improvement?
• 1:21
  Speaker 1: A whole hot rod line of aftermarket parts, including the WRX, in this car.
• 1:30
  Speaker 1: Okay, just saying that, do you hear me?
• 1:34
  Speaker 1: Subaru Interior highlights well laid out center stack with a great big infotainment screen.
• 1:41
  Speaker 1: The RS model has color enhanced seating and cloth that is very comfortable.
• 1:51
  Speaker 1: Instrument cluster is good, with easy to read gauges.
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: Cargo and trunk room well, it's small, it's a.
• 1:59
  Speaker 1: This is a small wagon at.
• 2:01
  Speaker 1: What I liked about it the leg room for two adults in the back seat.
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: Kathy and Jeff sat in the back seat.
• 2:08
  Speaker 1: We want to hear your suary.
• 2:09
  Speaker 1: Oh, okay, that's right, that's a pretty good drive too.
• 2:12
  Speaker 1: It was very comfortable ride.
• 2:14
  Speaker 1: It does have the passive phone charger in there.
• 2:17
  Speaker 1: I like that as well.
• 2:19
  Speaker 1: What could use improvement?
• 2:19
  Speaker 1: Nothing that I know of Two and a half liter four cylinder boxer engine.
• 2:24
  Speaker 1: Boxer meaning a flat, horizontally opposed four cylinder, 182 horsepower, which is just the right amount for that car, unless they decided they're going to put the WRX package in.
• 2:35
  Speaker 1: And yeah, this is the more powerful of two engines.
• 2:39
  Speaker 1: The other one has a little bit less horsepower.
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: Get this one.
• 2:42
  Speaker 1: Torque 178 pound feet, cvt, automatic transmission Only.
• 2:47
  Speaker 1: Only.
• 2:49
  Speaker 1: As far as mileage is concerned 26 city, 33 highway for combined to 29.
• 2:55
  Speaker 1: I got 29.4, over 377.1 miles.
• 2:59
  Speaker 1: What I liked Great gas mileage.
• 3:02
  Speaker 1: What could use improvement?
• 3:03
  Speaker 1: A WRX version, please.
• 3:05
  Speaker 1: I wrote that right there.
• 3:06
  Speaker 1: Ride and handling rides like a dream.
• 3:09
  Speaker 1: Don's best ride, quality winner oh wow.
• 3:13
  Speaker 1: Base trim price 27, 885.
• 3:16
  Speaker 1: Price is tested 31 and the base model price 24, 115 goes up against the Honda Civic for 23, 950, the Mazda three for 25, 690 and the mini clubbing $29,000.
• 3:33
  Speaker 1: That is my review of the 2024 Subaru Impreza RS.
• 3:39
  Speaker 1: And boy was it blue.
• 3:40
  Speaker 1: Did you have a?
• 3:41
  Speaker 1: You said it called a little sports car and good ride.
• 3:44
  Speaker 1: Did you kind of have the feeling that you wanted to kind of toss it around a little bit?
• 3:48
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I did, but it really didn't have that kind of suspension.
• 3:52
  Speaker 1: But again, the WRX package would take care of that.
• 3:58
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