Exciting drive
The 2.5-liter, four-cylinder turbocharged engine may also play a role in injecting "go-fast" into your blood. The engine creates 265 horsepower and 244 pound-feet of torque, which for a car that weighs 3,200 pounds is more than enough juice. The WRX loves to be flogged and pushed through decreasing radius turns.
Rarely do work commutes leave a little sweat streaming down your back, but the WRX lets you hop out of the car a little more excited than when you got into it.
Even the five-speed manual offers quick throws and makes you drive with a little more enthusiasm. Drivers use manuals. A six-speed may have helped the car's mileage, though, which at 19 miles per gallon city and 25 mpg highway are middle of the road at best.
But that's just one of the give and takes with any car. Want great performance? What are you willing to give up?
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When you do not tow a trailer
- Remove the ball mount from the hitch
receiver tube and insert the receiver cover
onto the hitch receiver tube.
- Place the dust cap over the four-pin
connector of the hitch wire harness to
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Cargo
The Impreza hatchback has 19 cubic feet of cargo room behind the backseat,
which is more than the four-door GTI (14.7) but less than the Vibe (20.1). The
cargo floor isn't especially deep, as a go ...
Accessory power outlets
Power outlet below the climate controls
Power outlet in the center console
Power outlet in the cargo area
Accessory power outlets are provided
below the climate controls, in the cente ...