Sport 4dr All-Wheel Drive Sedan
2021 Subaru Impreza

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The 2021 Subaru Impreza is an unassuming compact offered as both a sedan and hatchback. It leaves performance to the WRX and mud-slinging to the Crosstrek, settling instead for a pleasing middle ground. Whatever it lacks in street cred is made up in affordable practicality.

Other than the Premium trim now getting an array of drive modes as standard, little changes for the Impreza. It continues to be offered as both a sedan and hatchback with a single engine offered between them.

Specifically, that engine is a 2.0-liter flat-4 making 152 hp and 145 lb-ft of torque. Like every Subaru, All-wheel drive is standard. Buyers can choose from a CVT or a 5-speed manual transmission. Manuals are rare enough these days; one with just five speeds is even more of a unicorn.

The CVT is the more miserly of the two transmissions. So equipped, an Impreza sedan returns 28 mpg city, 36 highway, 32 combined. Opting for the hatchback means 28/36/31 mpg. Sport-trimmed variants return about 1 mpg less across all three drive cycles.

The 5-speed Imprezas aren't so frugal. Manual hatchbacks are rated at 24/31/26 mpg, while manual Sport hatchbacks are the least efficient here, returning just 22/30/25 mpg.

The Impreza is well equipped with standard active-safety features-provided you buy the CVT, in which case automatic emergency braking, active lane control, and adaptive cruise control are all standard. Manual-gearbox cars aren't privy to any of that. Blind-spot monitors can be found on the options sheet.

The NHTSA gives the Impreza five stars in all its testing, and the IIHS calls CVT-equipped models a Top Safety Pick.
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The 2021 Subaru Impreza is an unassuming compact offered as both a sedan and hatchback. It leaves performance to the WRX and mud-slinging to the Crosstrek, settling instead for a pleasing middle ground. Whatever it lacks in street cred is made up in affordable practicality.

Other than the Premium trim now getting an array of drive modes as standard, little changes for the Impreza. It continues to be offered as both a sedan and hatchback with a single engine offered between them.

Specifically, that engine is a 2.0-liter flat-4 making 152 hp and 145 lb-ft of torque. Like every Subaru, All-wheel drive is standard. Buyers can choose from a CVT or a 5-speed manual transmission. Manuals are rare enough these days; one with just five speeds is even more of a unicorn.

The CVT is the more miserly of the two transmissions. So equipped, an Impreza sedan returns 28 mpg city, 36 highway, 32 combined. Opting for the hatchback means 28/36/31 mpg. Sport-trimmed variants return about 1 mpg less across all three drive cycles.

The 5-speed Imprezas aren't so frugal. Manual hatchbacks are rated at 24/31/26 mpg, while manual Sport hatchbacks are the least efficient here, returning just 22/30/25 mpg.

The Impreza is well equipped with standard active-safety features-provided you buy the CVT, in which case automatic emergency braking, active lane control, and adaptive cruise control are all standard. Manual-gearbox cars aren't privy to any of that. Blind-spot monitors can be found on the options sheet.

The NHTSA gives the Impreza five stars in all its testing, and the IIHS calls CVT-equipped models a Top Safety Pick.
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Retail Price

$23,595 MSRP / Window Sticker Price
Engine 2.0L H-4
MPG 27 City / 36 Hwy
Seating 5 Passengers
Transmission Lineartronic 7-spd CVT w/OD
Power 152 @ 6000 rpm
Drivetrain Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive all wheel
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