EyeSight does not work with a
EyeSight does not work with a manual transmission because it is packaged with fully adaptive cruise control, it can take you from 80 to 0 and 0 back to 80, based on the speed of traffic ahead of you, you just steer. It also has forward automatic braking, which would eff your tranny and clutch on a manual. As a car person and Subie owner I do appreciate them being one of the few car companies who still offers manuals. My car dealership offers one manual, and I've never seen it on our lot, and I've seen one manual on our used lot. However, blind spot monitoring and parking sensors and back up cams are compatible with manuals, but EyeSight is the forward cameras for adaptive/ braking and inherently do not work on a manual. They're packaged with blindspot and rear cross traffic on lower models, but back up cams are standard.
As for the Crosstrek, MPGs are not as heavily sacrificed on the stick and it is by far their best seller.