How do you feel about the acceleration with the 2.0 liter 4-cylinder? I've read some reviews that thought it was a bit sluggish. Some models offer a 2.5 liter with a turbo that is quicker.
2.0 liter would probably be fine for the wife as she's a slow driver anyway.
It ain’t a problem for me. I’m not heavy footed anyways. So I don’t find it sluggish at all. It does everything I need it to do, and then some. It ain’t a race car. The 2.5 liter with a turbo would negate the efficiency and the economy that I was looking for.
Last October I went over Cottonwood Pass in a whiteout blizzard, it was snowing sideways; the heavy snow was accumulating fast. It was a powdery snow at least a foot deep. Couldn’t see schit. I was able to stay on the road only by staying in between those tall poles on both sides of the road that guide the snowplows. But the Crosstrek was impressively surefooted in that environment.
