I’ve owned the best selling Crosstrek for 5 years now. It genuinely sucks. All of them. Nice try Jalopnik.

Pumped-in audio aside how much louder is the 2.5RS compared to the base model? I understand some of the sound deadening material has been taken out in RS trim.

Owned a first gen for 4 years. Fuel quality also plays a huge factor in these highly compressed engines. The engine adjusts to the lower octane fuel and creates a knocking effect.