2016 Subaru XV Arrives In The UK With Improved Quality And New Tech

UK customers can now order Subaru’s updated compact crossover which now offers a more refined cabin and a refreshed exterior styling.

Despite the changes, Subaru UK will offer the updated XV crossover with the same prices as before, starting from £21,995. The new model follows a series of upgrades made in 2015 which included some modification in the suspension and a new, quicker and more direct steering rack.

More specifically the cabin now is finished in higher quality materials and features Subaru’s latest 7.0-inch infotainment and navigation system which allows swipe and pinch control for map displays and a standard rear-view camera. The adoption of a metallic and a piano black trim as well as contrast stitching throughout the cabin bring a higher-quality, more modern feel to the cabin, also helped by the driver’s new TFT LCD screen in the instrument binnacle.

Certain functions of the car like changing the navigation settings and adjusting the power of temperature of the climate control can now be controlled by voice. The new voice control function also allows iPhone users to activate the Siri Eyes-Free function. An extra USB port in front of the cabin is also present to reflect “the evolving needs” of customers today.

The powertrain range continues to include two four-cylinder boxer engines -one petrol and one diesel- which now offer improved fuel economy and two gearbox options: a six-speed manual and a CVT automatic with six predefined ratios.

The 147PS 2.0-litre diesel model with the manual transmission now offers a 4 per cent better fuel efficiency, thanks to a series of updates and longer gear ratios, achieving a 52.3mpg UK combined while CO2 emissions drop from 146 to 141g/km. Despite the longer ratios, Subaru says that the new XV diesel is still able to accelerate from nought to 62mph in 9.3 seconds.

The company also claims to have applied a series of updates to the 150PS 2.0-litre petrol engine, which now offers a two per cent improvement in fuel efficiency when equipped with the CVT automatic gearbox, returning a 43.5 mpg UK and 151g/km of CO2 emissions. Petrol models fitted with the manual gearbox are now more fuel efficient at motorway speeds thanks to the longer gear ratios.

As part of the update, Subaru has given the XV a new set of ‘hawk-eye’ headlights, a redesigned front grille and bumper, a new boot spoiler and LED taillights with the also new black-and-silver set of alloy wheels completing the revisions of the exterior.

Subaru has also added two new color options too; Dark Blue metallic and the awesome Hyper Blue we saw in the WRX and BR-Z US limited editions.