Price tag not doing crossover SUV any favours in a market flooded by more affordable Chinese cars.
Last year we bemoaned the Subaru Forester’s lack of presence outside the Japanese brand’s loyalists. It sadly doesn’t get any better for its smaller Subaru Crosstrek crossover SUV sibling.
Like with the Forester, the Crosstrek offers practical comfort, exceptional built quality and proven reliability. But its price, which starts at R609 000, is a huge turn-off in a market turned upside down by the Chinese revolution.
Also not helping is the Crosstrek’s initial identity crisis. What started life as the Impreza XV and later became the XV, settled on the Crosstrek in 2023. With…
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