Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 9:50pm
The new 2026 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid is fun. That’s not a characteristic of most small crossover SUVs, and it’s even less so for most hybrids. Yet, hopping over an undulating camp road in the shadow of Mt. Adams in Washington, kicking up dust clouds into towering pines, then whipping the newest Subaru through corners with the traction control light flashing off as if it were a warning against fun, I smiled. Then I did it again. And again.
