- Subaru has announced pricing for the redesigned 2024 Impreza hatchback.
- It starts at $24,085 for the base model and goes up to $28,975 for the new RS trim with the more powerful engine.
- Subaru says the new Impreza will arrive at US dealerships starting this summer.
The new 2024 Impreza is still the cheapest Subaru you can buy, but it’s not as cheap as it was before. That’s because Subaru has eliminated both the sedan body style and the standard manual transmission, meaning its new starting price of $24,085 is $3270 more than the cheapest version of last year’s Impreza. Even in an apples-to-apples comparison, the 2024 Impreza hatchback with automatic transmission costs $1,470 more than the equivalent 2023 model.
A healthy dose of additional standard equipment helps soften the sticker shock, as even the base model now has automatic climate control, LED headlights and an upgraded set of driver-assistance features, which Subaru brands as EyeSight. The 2024 Impreza Sport starts at $26,085, which is slightly cheaper than last year’s Impreza Sport hatch. These include 18-inch wheels, various suspension tuning, a large 11.6-inch vertically oriented touchscreen, pushbutton start and fog lights.
Both the base and Sport models have the carryover 152-hp 2.0-liter flat-four engine and a continuously variable automatic transmission. All-wheel drive is standard, naturally.
The RS model, starting at $28,975, is new to the lineup and includes a more powerful 182-hp 2.5-liter flat-four engine. In addition to its badges and black and carbon-fibre trim pieces, additional equipment also includes a leather-wrapped steering wheel, aluminum pedals, an all-weather package and additional driver-assistance features such as blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic . Warning.
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Despite growing up on a steady diet of base-model Hondas and Toyotas—or perhaps because of it—Joey Caparella developed a passion for the automotive industry during his childhood in Nashville, Tennessee. He found a way to write about cars for the school newspaper during his college years at Rice University, which eventually inspired him to relocate to Ann Arbor, Michigan for his first professional auto-writing gig. automobile magazine, he has been part of car and driver Team since 2016 and now resides in New York City.