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Subaru Crosstrek vs Toyota C-HR

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Subaru Crosstrek
Subaru Crosstrek

$29,905 - $47,990

2023 price

Toyota C-HR
Toyota C-HR

$43,374 - $61,990

2024 price

Summary

2023 Subaru Crosstrek
2024 Toyota C-HR
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Flat 4, 2.0L

Inline 4, 1.8L
Fuel Type
Unleaded Petrol/Electric

Unleaded Petrol/Electric
Fuel Efficiency
6.5L/100km (combined)

4.0L/100km (combined)
Seating
5

5
Dislikes
  • Hybrid not quite efficient enough for cost
  • Spartan second row
  • Minor annoyances e.g. chimes and screen

  • Visual bark over dynamic bite
  • Expensive
  • Rear space
2023 Subaru Crosstrek Summary

Things are going well for Subaru. In the first half of 2023, all of its models in Australia are outselling their figures for the same time last year by hundreds, some even by thousands.

Except for one model, the XV. In fact, sales have plummeted! So what happened to it? It was one of the brand’s top sellers, right?

Well, it’s still here, but now it’s called Crosstrek in Australia as it already is in the rest of the world. And maybe we lied a little - it’s selling very well. In June 2023 it outsold the Forester and Outback, both well established models in Subaru’s local history.

But the name isn’t all that’s new, because this Impreza-spinoff SUV now comes as a hybrid - available here as the Crosstrek Hybrid S.

Traditionally, Subaru has been pretty… traditional. So, will a step towards the future - electrification, that is - help or hinder the Crosstrek’s rise to mass popularity?

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2024 Toyota C-HR Summary

According to the chief engineer for the Toyota C-HR, a second generation was never guaranteed for this uncharacteristically (for Toyota) design-led small SUV.

After the Corolla Cross came into existence, the top brass didn’t think the brand needed two similarly sized models in the line-up. So, why is it here, and is it any good?

The first question is easy to answer - the team drew the new C-HR up as a European model, built in hybrid-only and with enough key differences from the Corolla Cross to avoid the models competing. 

The second question? Let’s find out.

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