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2024 Subaru Impreza RS Review - Walk Around and Test Drive

The 2024 Subaru Impreza RS is here to revive a forgotten gem. Ever since the Subaru Crosstrek arrived, it's become the vehicle of choice for many buyers in the price range under $30k. However the Impreza RS comes equipped with a more potent powertrain, aggressive looks, and new technology to make it quite the hot hatch in 2023. So let's see how it compares to others in this segment.
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  • @jaemez3247
    @jaemez3247 Жыл бұрын

    I think you nailed it. A lot of reviews miss the point. It’s the perfect car all around. And people have no idea how good theses cars are in manual mode because no one tries to drive it that way. I have a 2016. And over 400 rpm’s in manual mode I can overtake any car on the road double time. I can’t imagine what this 2.5 rd feels like on winded forest roads.

  • @user-zm6fm7lz4t
    @user-zm6fm7lz4t8 ай бұрын

    Great review! Very well spoken!

  • @joshgrabert3525
    @joshgrabert35254 ай бұрын

    Great review

  • @nastynati3501
    @nastynati3501 Жыл бұрын

    It’s a decent affordable vehicle. People need to stop being so damned demanding. If you want more in a vehicle. Spend more money. And stop being so damn whiny. 😤

  • @cgmiddle

    @cgmiddle

    3 ай бұрын

    There seem to be more finicky people who watch these reviews. Are they as picky with their food, clothes, children's schools?

  • @christopherrobin1
    @christopherrobin19 ай бұрын

    Great review, thank you. More power, bigger brakes, better handling, better sound system, less road noise. I will trade in my 2021 Sport Tech for this one.

  • @zergilli9719
    @zergilli9719 Жыл бұрын

    This is the car I'm saving for. Just want something nice. I don't get all the whining. I have a CVT impreza now and it drives fine.

  • @St23-sd9qr

    @St23-sd9qr

    11 ай бұрын

    @zergilli9719 How well does your impreza do in snow or sleet?

  • @zergilli9719

    @zergilli9719

    11 ай бұрын

    @@St23-sd9qr its amazing... best car for it I've ever owned by far.

  • @MikeStetzer

    @MikeStetzer

    8 ай бұрын

    I have been driving this car for a month and I absolutely love it. All I see are people complaining that it doesn’t come in manual. It drives great without it!

  • @benmorris7276
    @benmorris7276 Жыл бұрын

    I think it should have gotten a 6 speed manual option and 200hp

  • @ronniewilliams3691
    @ronniewilliams36914 ай бұрын

    I love this car! Saving my money, wanting it so!

  • @edapen9829
    @edapen9829 Жыл бұрын

    Gonna get this when im done with grad school

  • @willb8228
    @willb8228 Жыл бұрын

    Black looks so clean for this car.

  • @juliussmith4001
    @juliussmith4001 Жыл бұрын

    Great review thank you.

  • @BostonAutoBlog

    @BostonAutoBlog

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Julius!

  • @rrusie3184
    @rrusie31844 ай бұрын

    Great review! Winner if they only would add a donut spare tire and fix the infotainment center to exclude the HVAC control add physical tactile dials. I'm looking to replace my 2012 Impreza within the next 2-4 years.

  • @msmarshall854
    @msmarshall854 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the great review, got a question: do you know if the rear headrest are removable?

  • @tpolerex7282

    @tpolerex7282

    Жыл бұрын

    All three are removable but the seats fold down fine with the tall, outboard ones in place. Visibility out back with them in place is still excellent, just the very extents of the rear hatch window are blocked at all.

  • @cass2303
    @cass2303 Жыл бұрын

    What colors do they have?

  • @MikeStetzer
    @MikeStetzer8 ай бұрын

    I have been driving this car for a month and I absolutely love it. We just got snow and it handles great. All I see are people complaining that it doesn’t come with manual transition. I think it’s fun to drive!

  • @roustabout4fun
    @roustabout4fun Жыл бұрын

    That black color pops! Nice showing...thnx I may get a silver one...cooler in hot weather for me.

  • @zergilli9719

    @zergilli9719

    Жыл бұрын

    White looks cool

  • @roustabout4fun

    @roustabout4fun

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zergilli9719 Agreed but I may get a Silver that blends in...maybe less tickets. lol Nice lines on this model for sure.

  • @jvazquez7160
    @jvazquez7160 Жыл бұрын

    I would buy it with 6 speed manual

  • @BlackBruceLeeTheGreatDekuTree

    @BlackBruceLeeTheGreatDekuTree

    Жыл бұрын

    Honestly me living in a big city with tons of traffic and having to commute 11 miles up and back this is perfect for someone like me!

  • @theamazinggoldfish8713

    @theamazinggoldfish8713

    Жыл бұрын

    I picked up an 2021 Impreza sport 'in manual " in 22. Love the car but I can't stop accessorising it. Also I like my spare tire, and AC control knobs.

  • @benmorris7276

    @benmorris7276

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@theamazinggoldfish8713I got the 19' Impreza touring it 22' fantastic car handles great I love having physical knobs and buttons as well as a manual hand break. I also have the issue of not being able to stop customizing it and doing little mods to it hear and there

  • @ryaiariot
    @ryaiariot5 ай бұрын

    While I really want this car, that infotainment is goofy and feels like a liability for distracted driving. It's even funnier when you mention that Subaru is adamant not doing a full digital gauge cluster, but makes its infotainment practically a tablet with very few physical buttons.

  • @jonb7597
    @jonb7597 Жыл бұрын

    Nice for a hatchback

  • @Aschoolbusandsimulatorfan2219
    @Aschoolbusandsimulatorfan2219 Жыл бұрын

    My favorite to drive!

  • @josesalinas3028
    @josesalinas3028 Жыл бұрын

    Hmmm... same price give or take as a civic hatch EXL.... tough choice tbh

  • @Wilson-sy5ze
    @Wilson-sy5ze9 ай бұрын

    Keep your hands on the wheel at all times dude, that's a bad habit lol

  • @cgmiddle

    @cgmiddle

    3 ай бұрын

    He was using his knees. Don't you?

  • @papagin
    @papagin11 ай бұрын

    You can emphasize and move your hand without taking both of them off the wheel while you're driving, man.

  • @BostonAutoBlog

    @BostonAutoBlog

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks mom

  • @thirstyprogram2605
    @thirstyprogram2605 Жыл бұрын

    this will end up being a 40k car at the dealer. not really a budget car at that point.

  • @WES_5150

    @WES_5150

    Жыл бұрын

    I just bought one two days ago with the power package, etc... its the most you can get delivered, I live in Chicagoland, sticker was $31,696, I paid $30,696 (yep dealer actually took money off).

  • @St23-sd9qr

    @St23-sd9qr

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@WES_5150​How are you liking this car so far? Any downsides? How well does it do in inclement weather, since the car looks like it sits a bit low?

  • @WES_5150

    @WES_5150

    11 ай бұрын

    @@St23-sd9qr Its great actually. I have owned many hatchbacks and in the past was not impressed with the Imprezza so never had one before. They used to be very plain inside, but this 2024 model they spruced it up esp with this RS. Found the sweet spots to accelerate nicely despite the CVT - used to that from other CVT's. Its a great all around vehicle. Very comfortable seats, roomy in theback and lots of space with the seats down. The Harmon Kardon stereo sounds REALLY good. Its handling is superb. Again, got it July 1st, have 1600+ mostly local miles and Im at 28.2 MPG so far - All automatic / intelligent mode driving. No inclement weather here yet, will see about that in the winter

  • @St23-sd9qr

    @St23-sd9qr

    11 ай бұрын

    @WES_5150 Awesome. I'm definitely interested in one also. Let us know how it does in inclement weather, whenever you get to that point.

  • @cgmiddle

    @cgmiddle

    3 ай бұрын

    You are dead wrong.

  • @gohan2355
    @gohan2355 Жыл бұрын

    I can't praise this car enough. Alone this car is 10% off from being perfect and that's mind boggling. I really do love this car it's just my patience grows thin because I want my impreza rs already. They did an excellent job on everything they did to this car, I really really love hatchbacks, and this car from every single review I seen this is straight forward F.U.N my car impreza rs is in crystal white pearl, few STI parts because a subaru doesn't look right till you add STI parts then it looks like a subaru that I know of. (When i ordered this car they didn't let he have every single STI part possible and they shown the car off in Tokyo of 2023 at the car show with every single STI part that I know of and put it on the car, I wanted the whole thing when I was ordering it because that RS looks amazing with all the STI parts on it. I wish I got the strut bar but they didn't have the option available when I was ordering pretty bummed about it but I do have the STI spoiler so yeah. Glad I can say I have an official STI part on my car and love it.)

  • @BlackBruceLeeTheGreatDekuTree

    @BlackBruceLeeTheGreatDekuTree

    Жыл бұрын

    How long did they say it would take to get your RS once you ordered it?!

  • @WES_5150

    @WES_5150

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BlackBruceLeeTheGreatDekuTree I just walked into a dealer in Palatine, Illinois two days ago, they had an RS which I bought and two of the Sport model.

  • @BlackBruceLeeTheGreatDekuTree

    @BlackBruceLeeTheGreatDekuTree

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WES_5150 Dayum ballin out!!! Congrats man !

  • @theamazinggoldfish8713

    @theamazinggoldfish8713

    Жыл бұрын

    Just plan on placing an spare tire on top of your car because, you don't have one in the 24's.

  • @WES_5150

    @WES_5150

    Жыл бұрын

    Ive had probably a dozen cars in my ilfe and Ive never needed a spare tire. Knock on wood.

  • @weaseldragon
    @weaseldragon Жыл бұрын

    Can't take the car on long road trips without a spare tire.

  • @ag3210

    @ag3210

    Жыл бұрын

    You can buy a crosstrek spare. It has the space for it.

  • @weaseldragon

    @weaseldragon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ag3210 still not enough space for a full size spare unless you modify the cargo floor (which I did in my Impreza)

  • @nastynati3501

    @nastynati3501

    Жыл бұрын

    Buy a spare tire. People wanting everything for nothing is the reason the prices are going through the roof. WoW

  • @tpolerex7282

    @tpolerex7282

    11 ай бұрын

    Just drove a 1400 mile road trip and survived just fine.

  • @CombatVeteranUSNAVY
    @CombatVeteranUSNAVY11 ай бұрын

    Subaru keeps making the same mistake. They don't offer embedded navigation for those like, me who don't want to deal with a phone.

  • @cgmiddle

    @cgmiddle

    10 ай бұрын

    You are one of the five people in the country that feel that way.

  • @CombatVeteranUSNAVY

    @CombatVeteranUSNAVY

    10 ай бұрын

    @@cgmiddle Now wait one minute @cgmiddle. You can't possibly know the other 325 million Americans to come up with just 5.

  • @richardepstein3494

    @richardepstein3494

    9 ай бұрын

    Their imbedded navi at least on mine 2018 Crosstrek Limited leaves a lot to be desired. Google maps is sooo much better than TomTom.

  • @dantoine0
    @dantoine0 Жыл бұрын

    Any car that you have to drop the engine to change spark plugs is a no by for me. 😂

  • @lennygarrison6836

    @lennygarrison6836

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn, is this really true? That’s ridiculous if true.

  • @dantoine0

    @dantoine0

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lennygarrison6836 all Subaru cars are built like that. you have to drop the engine to remove spark plugs. That's all boxer engines are like that. Mechanic will charge about 400 to do spark plugs depends on where you live.

  • @davidthatcher8362

    @davidthatcher8362

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dantoine0 I have recently had the spark plugs replaced in my 2018 Impreza. I don't think they dropped the engine as the labour charge was I thought quite minimal. This was from my local Subaru dealership so I guess they have the tools and experience to do the job in an efficient manner. And I have changed the spark plugs myself in a previous Legacy wagon.

  • @aaronreed9863

    @aaronreed9863

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@dantoine0NOT true at all! I've changed the plugs myself on my wife's 2.5 outback and my own 2.0 impreza. Takes about 1.25 hours, and I'm not a mechanic and i am slow. It's not hard at all.

  • @aaronreed9863

    @aaronreed9863

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@lennygarrison6836Not true, don't believe this person. See my reply below.

  • @ThyBlackWings
    @ThyBlackWings Жыл бұрын

    A RS car with CVT? No, thanks.

  • @cgmiddle

    @cgmiddle

    3 ай бұрын

    All engines will be using CVTs. Get used to it.