Revealed at the 2022 LA Auto Show, the sixth Impreza dropped both the sedan body style and the manual gearbox, leaving a five-door hatchback with a Lineartronic CVT as the only configuration sold.[1] Subaru made the car more of a driver’s tool than before regardless: standard EyeSight driver assistance, the dual-pinion steering rack borrowed from the WRX, and ten percent more torsional rigidity from increased use of high-strength steel. The 2.5 RS badge returned after an 18-year absence, this time on a naturally aspirated 2.5-litre rather than a turbocharged one.
Two trims are recorded here: the base/Sport 2.0-litre and the 2.5 RS. Both horsepower figures are published only as US-market mechanical horsepower, so the conversions carry no reading ambiguity. The source’s own infobox states a “Manual” kerb weight for this generation despite its own prose confirming the manual gearbox was discontinued; only the automatic (CVT) figure is recorded here, since it is the only real specification of a car Subaru actually sells.
