ok phew; thought i was in an evil parallel universe there... yeah, forester manual FTW!! even tony has one!! when i test drove the manual forester, i also was considering a namual impreza hatch. all they had on the lot were manual base sedans. not sure if the manual sport premium hatches are much nicer, but that manual sedan was budget to the core, and lacking in power, fun, etc. the forester was polar opposite: fun, quick, engaging, comfortable, torquey... based on that, i can't imagine choosing the crosstrek over the forester, unless it HAS to fit in a certain sized parking spot or garage bay...Teamwork wrote:I stand corrected here. Didn't realize it was still alive and well in the Forester and Crosstrek. Just read an article that Audi is offering no cost manual transmission across all trims.theholycow wrote:Ok, so I just checked. It appears that the Forester and Crosstrek both still offer row-your-own for 2017.
http://blog.caranddriver.com/2017-audi- ... im-levels/
Bizarre since the A3/S3 there's nothing to speak of and really across the board (EVEN THE TT SOMEHOW) they pretty much abandoned it. Getting a manual transmission though at a rate that includes an expensive DSG is pretty crappy but at least it's an option.
edit: and what's annoying (yet shouldn't surprise me) is they probably kept the old crosstrek as a new model while also having the new regular impreza. they pulled that with the wrx too, and people still paid top dollar for the outdated wrx.