2012 Subaru Impreza: Video Walkaround Of New 36-MPG AWD Car

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2012 Subaru Impreza at New York Auto Show, April 2011

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The list of compact cars offered with all-wheel-drive as an option is short.

The list of compact cars that come with all-wheel-drive standard is even shorter: Subaru Impreza.

For 2012, Subaru has restyled its Impreza compact sedan and hatchback, and fitted them with a new and more fuel-efficient 2.0-liter engine, in the characteristic flat-four configuration that gives Subarus their distinctive exhaust note.

The company is proud of the 36-mpg highway rating for gas mileage that it expects to achieve, a significant increase over the highest rating of 20 mpg city, 27 mpg highway for the 2011 Impreza fitted with a 2.5-liter engine and five-speed manual transmission.

In one of our last videos from April's 2011 New York Auto Show, below, we walk around both body styles of the 2012 Subaru Impreza and show you what's changed.

Included is the new styling, revisions to the interior, more seating space, and other updates that Subaru feels will keep its smallest car line fresh and distinctive in the increasingly competitive compact-car segment.

Let us know what you think of the video; leave your thoughts in the Comments section below.

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John Briggs Posted: 5/17/2011 8:26am PDT

I guess if AWD is required (snowy dirt roads of Vermont) then 36 mpg is excellent. A quick check of FuelEconomy.gov shows the best AWD vehicles of 2011 get 31 MPG.
Surprised that I didn't see any AWD Diesels at better than 31 MPG.

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John Voelcker Posted: 5/17/2011 9:36am PDT

I suspect the AWD diesels are all full-sized pickup trucks and sport utilities, with the possible exception of a Mercedes-Benz crossover or two.

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John Briggs Posted: 5/17/2011 10:05am PDT

Impressive guess. Basically looks like SUVs. I didn't see any Pickup Trucks on this list.
2011 Volkswagen Touareg
2011 BMW X5 xDrive35d
2011 Mahindra TR40
2011 Mercedes-Benz ML350
2011 Mercedes-Benz R350
2011 Audi Q7
2011 Mercedes-Benz GL350
Toureg is the best at 28 MPG HWY.

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john Posted: 5/17/2011 11:21pm PDT

needs to be a diesel version...

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