Subaru Crosstrek
 (4/5)
expert rating
 (3.5/5)
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RM 2,544.98 /month
RM 190,788.00
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2 Owner Reviews
Date Reviewed
29 March 2025
Performance
Ride & Handling
Comfort
Safety
Space
Value
Nishanth
2.0i-P (2019)
Bought new, Owned for 6 Years
Fuel Economy: 13.0 km/litre (7.7 L/100 km), RON95, Mileage: 1,600 km/month
    1. Looks GREAT
    2. For 116,000 for i.p, it is a head turner for the price
    3. People mistake it for a much more expensive car
    4. X Mode and AWD improve the driving experience
    5. The Subaru Community
    6. No major problems in 5 years
    7. The third screen
    1. No ADAS for the price
    2. Horrible, Horrible infotainment system with low brightness, no AA or AC, shipped from the BR V
    3. Uncomfortable Fabric seats
    4. No power tailgate
    5. No Blind Spot Monitoring
    6. Small boot
To Improve
Most of these have been fixed in the 2022 refresh, but Subaru, please leave Tan Chong and if you care about the Malaysian market, officially launch here and stop making cars that expensive, because we can get an Omoda 5 for 40 grand cheaper which is better, and launch both the forester and Crosstrek facelift here. The outback here just shows Tan Chong's selfishness.
No, I would not recommend this car
Date Reviewed
7 June 2023
Performance
Ride & Handling
Comfort
Safety
Space
Value
HSL
2.0i-P (2017)
Bought new, Owned for 5 Years
Fuel Economy: 11.0 km/litre (9.1 L/100 km), RON95, Mileage: 2,000 km/month
    - Great Ride and Handling, stick to the tarmac like rail especially on rainy days, and low center of gravity do contributor to "drive like a sedan" feeling
    - Steering is nice to hold and nicely weighted. Still giving enough feedback even though it is an EPS.
    - Superior comfort, soaking up bumps, pothhole and undulations well like a sponge.
    - Creamy smooth boxer engine, and great CVT combonation. The CVT response like normal AT gearbox when pressed hard, and the gearbox knows when to hold the gear high (on a slope).
    - Good ergonamics - buttons are within reach, seats are very comfortable, and wide steering adjustment range. People with long legs like me and pull the steering much closer to my body with the seat pushing all the way back.
    - Fuel economy is decent for 2L engine with AWD, 9L/100KM for KL city drive, and down to 6L/100KM on PLUS highway (120+- KMH).
    - This car still have lots of physical buttons, and I love the small screen on the center top dashboard.
    - Original infotaiment isn't great, speakers sound very thin, and reflection from head unit makes you not able to read anything on screen.
    - Aircond doesn't cool down quickly, and this generation of XV suffer from cooling coil issues.
    - Small boot space.
    - CVT gearbox does whine after 3K RPM, and tend to upshift to the highest gear ASAP.
    - Maintenance cost of Subaru is higher than other Japanese brands.
To Improve
- Better component quality for CKD Subaru XV (Cooling coil etc), but As far as I know, this is the last CKD as next gen will be CBU instead.
- Better interior packaging, but next generation XV (Crosstrek) boot is equally small also.
Yes, I would recommend this car

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