It may be more that that's what the dealerships stock and push, but there really are very few other differentiators. The Crosstrek comes stock with a 6-speed m

It may be more that that's what the dealerships stock and push, but there really are very few other differentiators. The Crosstrek comes stock with a 6-speed manual instead of the Impreza's 5-speed (though 90% of them are sold with the execrable CVT instead); the Crosstrek only comes as a hatchback while the base Impreza is a sedan; the Crosstrek has intermittently been available with a hybrid system.