Subaru XV Crossover to Be Called XV Crosstrek in U.S.

Subaru XV Crossover to Be Called XV Crosstrek in U.S.:

Now that Subaru’s rear-wheel-drive sports car is just a couple of weeks from its debut—read our prototype drive here—the company has started talking about other new models. After introducing the BRZ Concept STI to journalists at the L.A. auto show, Subaru offered tidbits on a new crossover.

Last month, Subaru confirmed that a version of the Impreza-based XV would be coming to the U.S. to replace the Impreza Outback Sport, but that its name wasn’t yet decided. We’ve now learned that the U.S. version will carry the XV Crosstrek badge, allowing Subaru to better market the butched-up Impreza hatch as a crossover. (We say carrying over the Outback Sport name would have been OK, too.) It will sit below the Forester in the company’s lineup. We expect the same 2.0-liter boxer four and manual or CVT transmissions as are offered in the 2012 Impreza.

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