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| Description |
| In bringing you this comprehensive review of the 2008 Subaru Impreza, the experts at TheCarConnection.com have included useful information from the Web’s best reviews. Then TheCarConnection.com’s editors, who have driven several different versions of the Impreza, added their own driving impressions. |
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| Road Test |
The new 2008 Subaru Impreza hatchbacks--or wagons, as Subaru likes to call them--form the foundation for the high-performance WRX. But the more vanilla-flavored versions are tuned more for commuter duty, not high-speed hairpin handling. Subaru brings back what especially distinguishes the Impreza from its rivals, including a unique horizontally opposed ("flat") four-cylinder engine, and all-wheel drive is standard across the model line.
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| Positive Points |
- -Torquey engine and hard-to-fluster all-wheel drive
- -Smooth, settled ride
- -Surprisingly capable handling
- -Quiet interior
- -Looks especially good in Outback Sport trim
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| Negative Points |
- -Steering doesn’t feel sharp
- -Backseat lacks legroom
- -Transmission can downshift roughly
- -Cargo area is skimpy compared to wagons
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