- sedan 78,357
- 1,292 below average
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- Abington, MA
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- 1,292 below average sedan 78,357 gasoline silver manual
2010 subaru impreza review this car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale. New car test drive. introductionthe subaru impreza is an easy car to live with no matter the conditions. Getting in and out is easy. Once inside, it's comfortable and easy to drive. The interior is straightforward and simple and everything is easy to operate. Cargo capacity after the 60/40 rear seats are dropped is excellent. yet these cars are highly capable. Indeed, the subaru impreza packs in a lot, for its size and price. the impreza is an ideal size for running around town while still being comfortable on the freeway with trucks and big suvs. It's solid, safe, and simple, with the added attraction of all-wheel drive, so it's ready for any road driving condition. fuel economy for the impreza is epa-rated at 20/27 mpg with manual, 20/26 mpg with automatic. the impreza comes in 4-door sedan and 5-door hatchback versions. The hatch is a bit sportier, shorter in overall length, with a shorter rear overhang. Short overhangs suggest better handling and the shorter overall length is useful in tight parking confines. This lowers the center of gravity and improves the balance, contributing to agile cornering. What's more, the impreza shares the quick wrx steering rack, with 2. 8 turns lock-to-lock, and a tight 34. 8-foot turning circle. It's sporty. out on the highway, there's plenty of speed from the 170-horsepower engine, with 170 pound-feet of torque at 4400 rpm, to put the oomph behind the acceleration. We found no flat spots in the power or places where it was lacking. the standard five-speed manual gearbox works well. This generation of impreza models was introduced for 2008. lineupthe 2010 subaru impreza lineup includes the impreza 2. 5i, impreza outback sport, and impreza 2. 5gt. The 2. 5gt uses a turbocharged 2. 5-liter dohc engine rated 224 horsepower. Premium package 1000) adds 12-spoke alloy wheels, and the steering wheel, shift knob and sound system of the outback sport. Visually, there's a two-tone paint scheme, different body trim, and more chrome in the grille. Active safety features include abs with electronic brake-force distribution and brake assist, electronic stability control with traction control, all-wheel drive. The impreza earned top safety pick by the insurance institute for highway safety (iihs) with the highest rating in frontal offset, side and rear impact tests. walkaroundwe like the smooth shape of the impreza front end, hood and nose. For 2010, there's a new grille with a big chrome vee flying over the dark opening, like a shiny silver bat bursting from a cave. The 4-door looks like a traditional compact sedan, while the 5-door gets special styling cues that give it an edgy look. this is most noticeable in the outback sport, which comes exclusively as a 5-door. Outback sport's two-tone paint job is designed to suggest a rugged off-road vehicle. One color rims the car, riding like a roller coaster from the level rocker panels up and down over the flared fenders, and wiping itself over the car's blocky rear with its short overhang. A second color reaches up to grab the mostly clear silvery taillamps in a composite shape for which geometry has no word. Outback has a nice big roof rack, but there's no attempt at elegance in the crossbars. The wheels are boring. The outback sport has more ground clearance and slightly taller tires than the 2. 5i, but it only amounts to two-tenths of an inch. the sedan looks less edgy than the hatch. The quality of the interior materials is high relative to other compact sedans, though they don't convey high quality or low quality. The titanium color for the dashboard trim looks nice enough, though. the tilt-telescoping steering wheel doesn't tilt high enough. Granted, this might be solved by lowering the seat. on the dashboard above the center stack there's a horizontal window with digital readout for temperature, time, and average mpg (we got 22. 2). But it's not readable in the sun, and distance to empty is conspicuously unavailable. The stack itself contains the usual vents with a six-disc cd changer above big easy climate control knobs. There's a nice shift lever behind a cubby and coinholder, and ahead of two cupholders and a 12-volt outlet; between the seatbacks there's a small deep console. The door pockets hold 32-ounce cups. All automatic transmission models are pre-wired for dealer-installed remote starting. we would have preferred the double-stitched cloth seats in the outback sport to be more form-fitting. Mostly the seats should clean up better. The material on the edges is rugged and fine, and it would be nice if the whole seat were made of it. But the wider center part is made of a different material, looking sort of like a pinstripe suit. It might as well be made of velcro for the way it attracts and refuses to let go of things that commonly float around cabins. Dog owner's beware: on this material dog hair armies occupy and take over like rommel's afrika korps in the desert, despite weaponry against them including high-suction vacuums and duct tape. Try tweezers like we did. Better yet, order leather upholstery. there's good headroom, front and rear and hip and shoulder room are decent. Rear-seat legroom at 33. 5 inches is a pretty slim stat. The rear seatback angles are reclined, and the rear doors open wide, 75 degrees, so ingress and egress is easy. Rearview vision is adequate for a hatchback but by no means great. cargo capacity after the 60/40 rear seats are dropped is excellent for a car of the impreza's size, although not nearly as spacious as a longer subaru legacy wagon. With the rear seats dropped, we filled a 5-door impreza with a small kitchen table (legs removed), big shop vacuum, a weed whacker, and some boxes. Because the sedan is 6. 5 inches longer than the 5-door, it has a large and deep trunk, big enough for three large golf bags. These cars are small for big dogs, however. Big dogs will like the midsize subaru outback more t. Climate Control✔ AM/FM✔ CD Changer✔ Sunroof/Moonroof✔ Bluetooth✔ Navigation System✔ Alloy Wheels
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