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The 2025 Subaru Crosstrek adheres to its winning formula: make a small wagon/SUV and add refinement and off-road capability. It competes with the Kia Seltos, Chevrolet Trailblazer, Hyundai Kona, and Volkswagen Taos. As part of that winning formula, the new Crosstrek continues to come standard with all-wheel drive (AWD) and offers a choice of two “flat” 4-cylinder engines paired to a continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT).
In addition to its rough-and-ready nature, the Crosstrek offers a slew of impressive technology and features that make it a great place to be, whether running around town or up the side of a mountain. Let’s take a look at what the 2025 Subaru Crosstrek has to offer.
Passenger Room and Comfort
The Crosstrek packs a lot of passenger space into its relatively small proportions. This is a great pick for shoppers who want the added interior space of a typical SUV but can live without a vehicle that’s oversized and burdensome in city traffic. Five trims are offered: Base, Premium, Sport, Touring, and Wilderness. The entry-level Crosstrek comes with cloth seating upholstery, manually adjustable front seats, dual 7-inch infotainment touchscreens, and dual-zone climate control.
Thanks to its 36.5 inches — above average for the segment — of rear legroom, there’s plenty of space for three people in the second row. Headroom is abundant in either row, and outward visibility is very good. For more luxury in your Subaru wagon-meets-SUV, move up to pricier trim levels, and you’ll get heated seats, leather seating surfaces, a power-adjustable driver’s seat, and a moonroof. The Wilderness is equipped with black StarTex water-resistant upholstery for quicker cleanups after soggy outdoor adventuring.
Features and Tech
The Crosstrek Base comes with stacked, dual 7-inch infotainment displays, but upgrading to any trim beyond that brings with it the impressive 11.6-inch touchscreen interface. Featuring bigger touchpoints, logical menus, and crisp graphics, it’s easy to use while driving. In addition to the wireless standard, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and wireless smartphone charging across the lineup, you can add a Wi-Fi hot spot and additional USB ports for both rows of seating.
Subaru’s also improved the acoustics of the new Crosstrek, resulting in a quieter cabin. It also means the available Harman Kardon audio system, with its 10 speakers and 432-watt amp, makes the Crosstrek sound more like a rolling concert hall than ever.
Safety is always a concern for the occupants of every Crosstrek, so they arrive at the dealer’s lot with Subaru’s EyeSight bundle of driver-assist technologies. These include forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking, pedestrian and cyclist detection, lane departure warning, lane-keep assist, adaptive cruise control, and automatic high beams. Additional features like blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert are available, starting with the Premium trim.
Materials and Design
True to previous generations, the Crosstrek’s cabin prioritizes functionality over frills. That’s fine with us because the result is a no-nonsense cabin that feels capable of withstanding many miles of driving duty.
The front seats offer plenty of support for longer journeys, and we’ve already mentioned the adult-friendly level of headroom and legroom for occupants in the second row. The actual space is supplemented with the feeling of spaciousness, courtesy of an optional power moonroof to let more of the outdoors in — always popular with Subaru owners. The aforementioned StarTex water-resistant interior upholstery of the Wilderness trim is a nice bonus for Crosstrek drivers who spend time in the wild.
Cargo Room and Flexibility
Behind the split-folding rear seatback is 19.9 cubic feet of cargo volume. Fold down that rear seat, and load-lugging capacity rings in at more than 54 cubic feet. Granted, some rivals like the Nissan Kicks and Honda HR-V have more overall space, but the Crosstrek’s low load floor and wide liftgate make it easier to load cumbersome items into the back.
Subaru also offers an extensive lineup of cargo-toting options, including roof-mounted awnings, bike racks, plus pet-friendly seat covers and collapsible kennels.
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