2/26/2024 0 Comments Just a tad crossword![]() Setting the Crosstrek to Snow/Dirt amounted to all the prep that was required before entering the trail. Subaru calls its off-road driving system “X-mode”, and you can pick from Snow/Dirt or Deep Snow/Mud. Surrounded by rust and ochre striped mountains, we found ourselves on an isolated and rocky trail where only a few Jeeps and side-by-sides dare venture. “All of those extra items like the oil coolers, and the tires, and those types of things, we think that people who are interested in this car will understand that those things are of value and pay a little bit more and that’s why it sits at the top,” Pawczuk tells The Globe and Mail. The mechanical changes go even beyond that with a larger radiator and radiator fan and an oil cooler for the continuously-variable transmission, allowing it to tow up to 1,588 kilograms, an increase of 907 kilograms over the standard Crosstrek. The Wilderness comes standard with the more powerful 182-horsepower 2.5-litre four-cylinder boxer engine, a suspension lift providing an additional 15 millimetres of ground clearance, special springs, revised dampers, all-terrain tires and an engine skid plate for additional underbody protection. You can get leather, navigation, and the Wilderness is just a tad more, but it has more capability and the styling.” ![]() “The Crosstrek Wilderness has a lot of style, a lot of capability, so when we were looking at the pricing – they’re not that far off actually – it’s almost like choose your own adventure. “We were debating that quite a bit actually,” says Anton Pawczuk, senior director of product management for Subaru Canada. The Crosstrek is the latest Subaru model to get the off-road spec Wilderness treatment. Typically, the Limited trims sit at the top of Subaru’s model lineup, but not with Crosstrek. It’s also the most distinctive looking Crosstrek with its extra-thick body cladding and anodized copper accents. It’s the most expensive Crosstrek you can buy with a starting price of $37,995, slotting above the more luxuriously equipped Limited, which gets items the Wilderness does not like leather and navigation. Subaru identifies some of its key competitors as the Ford Bronco Sport Badlands and the Jeep Compass Trailhawk, but the Wilderness costs quite a bit less and lines up better with other sub compacts like the Kia Seltos X-Trail and Honda HR-V in size and price. The Wilderness takes this a step further with mechanical and visual changes that help distinguish it from the others. All the trims offer all-wheel drive and are highly capable on rough and unpaved roads. Crosstrek is the best-selling Subaru in Canada. The Crosstrek is the latest Subaru model to get the off-road spec Wilderness treatment, joining the Outback and the Forester. It’s an easier sell to SUV-obsessed North Americans who generally avoid anything that reminds them of a station wagon. ![]() Crossover is an elusive term, which could be used for anything from a lifted hatchback to a rugged and boxy SUV. Subaru classifies the Crosstrek as a subcompact crossover but its profile and shape are more wagon-like, at least to my eyes.
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