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Love my Soob
Impreza owner, 01/10/2019
2018 Subaru Impreza 2.0i Premium 4dr Hatchback AWD (2.0L 4cyl CVT)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Drove 02 outback for last 4 years, got this 18 Impreza 6 weeks ago and loved it every drive. Awesome handling, smooth transition, great braking, feels heavy and safe.
Toss this one back
Bibliobizvt, 12/14/2018
2018 Subaru Impreza 2.0i Sport 4dr Hatchback AWD (2.0L 4cyl CVT)
10 of 13 people found this review helpful
This is my third Impreza. After reluctantly returning a much-liked 2015 and asking for a Crosstrek, I was instead put into this thing by the dealership. While the interior is slightly more plush-looking and slightly roomier and the car overall will do until I can get into something else, it's just....a poor remake, fixing what wasn't broken, LOWERING the ground clearance rather than raising it (the one thing I did not like about my last Impreza) and adding annoying OCD features like constant, constant alarm-sounding and screen-flashing input from the unfortunately-not-optional driver safety system. An aggravation rather than a help for those who already know how to drive...like having Sheldon Cooper in your front seat, shrilly instructing you and distracting you at all times. When doing anything from turning on lights to activating the windshield wipers to trying to shut off the audio, there is a noticeable delay in response time. Sluggish. The exterior paint seems to be some sort of crayon compound; I put a miniscule scratch in the finish when my canvass work bag (no metal findings, just cloth) brushed against it as I tried to make the electronic key fob open the door. With good snow tires, it handles reasonably ok in snow, which is why it got three stars rather than two.The radio has NEVER shut off --read the manual, doesn't work. The vehicle is not environmentally friendly--spews flumes of exhaust whenever it's started, smells oily. I do like the backup camera and obstruction detector--that actually helps--but other than a used Forester which needed 19 repairs in two years, this is my least-favorite car..and that includes an old Neon which caught on fire as I was driving it.
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90 mph on 2 lane roads feels like 120 mph
Franklin, 07/04/2018
updated 01/07/2019
2018 Subaru Impreza 2.0i 4dr Hatchback AWD (2.0L 4cyl CVT)
17 of 24 people found this review helpful
The steering ratio on the new Impreza global platform requires a heavy hand on the steering wheel to keep it on the road. Our other new 2018 Hyundai Ioniq has the perfect steering ratio and you can drive it with the little finger of one hand. But the Impreza requires constant 2 handed heavy hands to keep it on the highway At one point I was passing 2 semi's on a 2 lane road and ended up having to pass them at over 90mph to avoid other traffic and at that speed it felt like it was going to go airborne and fly off the road. It was that unstable at 90mph and felt like going 120mph --and it was a safety issue. So I dont recommend driving it over 70 mph under any condition. Replacing the Continental low end tires with high performance Michelin highway tires might help stabilize it. Apparently they changed the steering ratio from 16 to 1 down to 13 to 1 with the new global platform and thats why you have to drive it with such a heavy hand.. and I consider it a serious safety issue. For instance, if you just touch the steering wheel a tiny fraction, you will be off the road in an instant. Thats what I mean about driving it with a heavy hand. None of our other 5 cars have that issue with such critical heavy handed steering. I'm going to contact Subaru about the new Impreza steering issue. Also, the air conditioning with the outside air temp over 90 degs cant keep up with it. I asked the dealer to verify the A/C was working properly and they said it was. Temp less than 80 degs F range allows the A/C to handle it. But anything higher up into the 90 deg F range is marginal A/C performance compared to our other 5 cars. Update after 6 months: Unfortunately, after only 1 month of use, one of the low quality Continental tires developed a crack in the sidewall which is not repairable. So I had all the tires replaced with high quality Michelin all season tires. The Impreza drives a little better with higher quality tires but still requires a heavy hand on the steering wheel at all times. I should have purchased the Outback Subaru rather than the Impreza but the Impreza does seem to handle well on snow and ice without loosing traction. Its just that the low ground clearance of the Impreza dosnt lend itself to driving in heavy snow. The big drawback of the new Impreza is always having to have such a heavy hand on the steering wheel at all times. Then the first day of snow this fall some tiny bits of road sanding broke the windshield so now the the windshield needs replacement. So in the first 3000 miles both the tires and the windshield have failed.
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Harman Kardan Head unit is a horrible piece of eq
Phin Banning, 01/07/2019
2018 Subaru Impreza 2.0i Sport 4dr Hatchback AWD (2.0L 4cyl CVT)
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
don't buy one unless you don't want to use the radio or map systems, if you don't use these then i would recommend you drive along in silence peacefully. The dealers are being very quite about the horrible system that Harman Kardan has co opted with Subaru USA it has enormoous issues and if you google or go on line asking for the head system reviews you will see there are a lot of pissed off people expressing their anger of these units. My wife has taken her car in over 6 times to try and get Subaru to make this work and to no avail, the dealers tell you all that it needs is an update of which they have done three time, replaced the head unit once and still does not work. the unites are non functional.
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What did Subaru do to the Impreza?
New Jersey Driver, 08/12/2019
2018 Subaru Impreza 2.0i 4dr Hatchback AWD (2.0L 4cyl 5M)
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
I had a 2018 Subaru Impreza. It ran so bad in traffic surging then almost stalling. I took it to the dealer 2 times but they could not recreate the problem so too bad even though it was still under warranty. . I am so disappointed . Prior to this car I I had a 2011 Impreza and loved it for 180,000 miles . The 2018 is gone now traded in and not for another Subaru.
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