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I have a 2024 Impreza RS and my son just picked up a 2024 Crosstrek Sport. For all intents and purposes they are the same vehicle with a few differences. My Impreza is lower and it gives off a much cooler sporty vibe. The lower stance and sporty suspe.sion tuning make it actually quite fun to drive for such a low powered vehicle. The Impreza also uses different gearing than most other vehicles with the 2.5L engine. It is tuned for faster acceleration. Neither vehicle is "fast" and isnt going to impress anyone, but the RS is nearly a full second faster 0-60 than the Crosstrek sport and it is absolutely noticeable in normal daily driving. On the other side, the advantages of the crosstrek are the added ground clearance and the ability to change the AWD settings through a couple different X modes.
I do think the Impreza is the better vehicle for most people. Unfortunately most people follow the hive mindset that they NEED an SUV. And they NEED all that ground clearance. NEED the most heavy duty AWD system. When in reality they dont. They will never need 9 inches of ground clearance. They will never do any off roading serious enough to need anything more than basic AWD. Most likely never even need AWD to begin with and would be fine with any 2wd vehicle. At the end of the day, I think many people want to believe they are mich more rough, rugged, adventurous, than they really are. Rather than buy a vehicle that suits their actual needs, they a a vehicle that is for "just in case. What if they wake up to a foot of snow? What if they are caught in a mudslide? What if there is an earthquake and they need a vehicle to climb over the rubble? To each their own, but after driving both vehicles in question, not a chance I would trade my RS for any trim of the Crosstrek.