Making The 2025 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness Better

How do you make the Crosstrek Wilderness even better?

The Crosstrek Wilderness is the best small SUV you can buy off the showroom floor to get further off the grid. Why try to make it better?

The 2025 Subaru Crosstrek Wilderness has been announced, and the outdoor-themed trim will stay the same as the 2024 model. It's common for Subaru to keep a second-year model without giving it any new upgrades. However, LP Aventure, an off-road and performance specialist, has made exclusive new improvements to the 2025 Crosstrek, making it more appealing for outdoor enthusiasts.

At the Subaru Expo in Australia, the automaker revealed the new Crosstrek Wilderness with several exciting upgrades over the standard model. Let's check them out and see how they improve the best. 

LP Aventure says, "Showing us some love by having a Subaru Crosstrek equipped with LP Aventure hood light brackets, Bumper Guard, Rock Sliders, and a Lift kit in their official booth at this year's Subaru Expo. It was an honor."

Anyone can take their new 2024 or 2025 Crosstrek Wilderness to another level with the upgrades from LP Aventure. You can get a lift kit for your Wilderness trim level, hood light brackets, bumper guard, and rock sliders.

Get further off the grid with a higher ground clearance. 

The LP Aventure Crosstrek lift kit increases ground clearance to 10.2 inches, and the price is $799.00, which is adaptable for all 2018-2025 Crosstrek model years, not just Wilderness. The 2024-2025 Crosstrek Wilderness has 9.3 inches of rock clearing ground clearance. But the extra clearance of the lift kit sounds appealing.

What is the price of the 2025 Crosstrek Wilderness?

The new Crosstrek Wilderness costs $33,915, including dealer destination and delivery fees ($1,420).

With or without the LP Aventure upgrades, here is why buying the 2025 Crosstrek Wilderness is the best option for outdoor enthusiasts

The Crosstrek Wilderness is the Subaru of America's "go-anywhere" all-terrain capable subcompact SUV, and it's the ideal vehicle for all weather conditions with standard Symmetrical all-wheel-drive, 9.3 inches of ground clearance, X-Mode, and dual function X-Mode. In addition, a younger demographic of customers with active lifestyles will use it for extreme off-pavement adventures and winter sports. 

The most rugged and trail-capable Crosstrek has an upgraded suspension, all-terrain tires, more prominent wheel arch cladding, a metal front skid plate, unique hex-design LED fog lights, and an anti-glare hood decal in a matte-black finish. It has almost everything you want in an off-road-ready small SUV.

Subaru engineered the Crosstrek Wilderness drivetrain for better off-road performance by installing a revised differential gear ratio and retuned Lineartronic CVT. The 4.111 final drive ratio (vs. 3.700) improves the SUV's climbing ability, and the new tuning for the CVT optimizes traction at low speeds and on slippery surfaces.

Longer coil springs and shock absorbers provide added ground clearance, while unique tuning helps maintain dynamic performance.

Subaru says longer travel strokes for the front and rear shock absorbers help keep the tires in contact with rough surfaces, increasing vehicle stability. In addition, a longer dampening compression stroke helps increase absorption on uneven road surfaces, providing a smoother ride. "Even with its added ground clearance, the Crosstrek Wilderness maintains a low step-in height for ease of entry," says Subaru.

The approach angle is increased from 18.0 degrees in other Crosstrek models to 20.0 degrees in the Wilderness. Likewise, the departure angle rises from 30.1 to 33.0 degrees, and the ramp break-over angle moves from 19.7 to 21.1 degrees.

The Crosstrek Wilderness is equipped with Yokohama Geolander all-terrain tires for optimal mud, gravel, or snow performance and mounted on 17-inch alloy wheels in the matte-black finish. In addition, the tires are embossed with raised white letters.

The Crosstrek Wilderness features a versatile ladder-type roof rack system with a 176 lb. dynamic load capacity and a 700-lb. static load limit, allowing safe use of larger roof-top tents.

How much will the Crosstrek Wilderness tow? 

The Wilderness has a 3,500 lb. towing capacity. All other trims will tow 1,500 lbs max.

The Crosstrek Wilderness comes with so much more than higher ground clearance than the standard model. The Wilderness trim level is already set up for active customers using the subcompact SUV for more extreme off-pavement adventures.

The LP Aventure upgrades can take the 2025 Crosstrek Wilderness to another level of ruggedness. Check it out here.  

Before you go.

LP Aventure offers a 4-piston brake conversion kit that significantly improves the Crosstrek Wilderness braking. In testing with the new brake upgrade, the stopping distance improved by 27.8 feet, providing a safer driving experience for cross-trekking enthusiasts. 

Watch The Crosstrek 4-Piston Brake Conversion Kit YouTube video:

I am Denis Flierl, a Senior Torque News Writer since 2012. I’ve invested over 13 years in the automotive industry in a consulting role, working with every major car brand. I am an experienced Rocky Mountain Automotive Press member. You'll find my expert Subaru analysis here. Follow me on my X SubaruReport, All Subaru, WRXSTI, @DenisFlierl, Facebook, and Instagram.

Photo credit: Denis Flierl via LP Aventure