Posted Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 10:48pm
I shouldn’t like the Subaru Crosstrek. I’ve always gravitated towards driver-focused and performance cars — vehicles developed with the idea of setting a track record or being a split personality that can be fun on a backroad but also comfortable for a commute. That’s what I always thought was cool, and it’s why I own a 2023 Civic Type R now and previously had Miatas, a Lotus Esprit, and a 2003 330i ZHP. But a homely lifted hatchback with a CVT and basically no power made for taking hikers to the base of a trail with a dog, or more commonly, taking four people to the mall? That’s not in my Q zone. Or, at least, it shouldn’t be.
