Driven: 2015 Subaru Impreza - TheChronicleHerald.ca

The 2015 Impreza has benefitted from a mid-cycle makeover that includes a redesigned front end and additional features, including a wide-angle rear view camera, at no extra cost. The Impreza comes in two body styles, four-door sedan and five-door hatchback. This week’s subject is an mid-line Impreza Sport sedan with an automatic transmission and technology package at $26,895. There are two Limited models above that. Even with these partnerships, Subaru has stood by the policy of horizontally-opposed engines and with the exception of the BRZ/Scion FR-S twins, all-wheel-drive. Subaru’s engineering prowess is legendary and it’s vehicles have earned an enviable reputation for longevity and reliability, traits that have resulted in exceptional customer retention and loyalty. While it has drifted away from the pack with some strange vehicles and design decisions over the years — Brat and XT come to mind — it has steered the straight and narrow over the past decade with a family of sensible family cars and SUVs, along... While the compact segment has seen a five per cent decline for the first half of the year, Impreza sales were up more than 15 per cent. Source: thechronicleherald.ca