Overview
The Impreza is Subaru’s compact car model. The brand’s standard AWD system has helped to make this model’s sedan and hatchback variants stand out in what is, traditionally, one of Canada’s most competitive vehicle segments.
What’s New/Key Changes From Last Year
For 2021, all Impreza trims are now standard with automatic on/off headlights and fog lights. Meanwhile, Touring trim adds a heated steering wheel, a feature previously reserved for higher trims.
Available Trims
Subaru offers the Impreza in sedan and hatchback body styles, with the sedan serving as the entry-level option with a lower price. Trim levels include Convenience, Touring, Sport, and Sport-tech.
All trims use a 2.0L four-cylinder engine. Convenience, Touring and Sport trims start with a five-speed manual transmission that options to a continuously variable automatic (CVT). The CVT is standard kit in Sport-tech.
Standard Features
Impreza Convenience’s exterior features include fog lights, automatic on/off headlights, LED taillights, and 16-inch steel wheels with covers.
Inside, there’s a 6.5-inch infotainment display, Bluetooth, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a four-speaker stereo, air conditioning, cruise control, power windows, manual front seat adjustments, cloth upholstery, keyless entry, and heated/power-adjustable side mirrors.
Option an Impreza with the CVT and Subaru adds its EyeSight active safety system, which comprises forward collision detection with automatic braking, adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning with lane keep assist, and lane sway warning.
Impreza’s Touring trim adds LED fog lights, wiper-activated headlights, 16-inch alloy wheels, a windshield wiper de-icer, satellite radio, a six-speaker stereo, automatic climate control, a leather-trimmed/heated steering wheel, a 4.2-inch gauge cluster info display, chrome interior and exterior door handles, heated front seats, and passive keyless entry. Again, the CVT comes bundled with the EyeSight package.
Sport trim brings front signature lighting, steering-responsive headlights, aerodynamic ground effects, a sunroof, 17-inch wheels, an 8.0-inch infotainment screen, a power-adjustable driver’s seat, leather-trimmed shifter, and upgraded cloth upholstery. Sport models fitted with the CVT once again add the EyeSight suite, along with blind spot monitoring with rear cross traffic alert and reverse automatic braking.
Finally, Sport-tech trim reverts to halogen fog lights, but gets chrome shoulder moldings, 18-inch wheels, navigation, an eight-speaker stereo, dual-zone climate control, silver/high-gloss carbon interior trim, leather seating and door trim, and red steering wheel accent stitching. Sport-tech is standard with the CVT and EyeSight.
Fuel Economy
Subaru’s fuel consumption estimates for the Impreza are 10.1/7.7 L/100 km (city/highway) with the manual transmission, and 8.4/6.6 with the CVT.
Competition
Subaru’s only true competitor is the Mazda3, the only other compact that offers AWD.
However, on price and size, the Impreza lines up against a list of popular vehicles that including the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla and Hyundai Elantra, Kia’s Forte, the Nissan Sentra, and VW’s Jetta and Golf models.
