Secondhand petrol XV - any good ?
 

Just wondering if they are worth a go secondhand.

- wouldn't touch a diesel one for the obvious reasons
- wouldn't be an XT with CVT as I would buy something else first for the same money!
- so that leaves the 148bhp 2.0 petrol.

My only experience of this engine has been in Subaru dealer courtesy car Imprezas, which had to be revved to go anywhere. I've also read that the ride was rubbish until the newer model in 2016.

Thoughts ? Forget it or worth a go ?

I'm guessing the silence means don't bother !?

In my experience the petrol non-turbo Subaru's are quite lethargic, so I wouldn't bother personally :-/

It's a shame, but for me there's nothing in the range that excites me at the moment.

There's a Subaru owners group on Facebook - might be worth a shot asking the question on there?

I didn't bother in the end but someone got a bargain from a Renault dealer up North - about £3k less than Subaru dealers were selling the same spec /mileage car for - under £6k.

Will wait for the XT versions to come down in price!

MPG is't great, mid 30's on along run, lower pottering around. Other than that very good, although its not a performance car so don't buy one expecting that.

Spec is good, kit inside is good, ride comfort is good, handeling is good so its pretty solid across the board.

My Dads on his second, first one he got punted off the motorway into the central res at 70mph, car didn't fare so well and was written off, but my mum and dad were fine so did very well. He went straight out and bought another one.

Didn't think they did an xt version, sure you're not getting mixed up with the forester?

i expect that was a typo, they only do two versions, base and premum and all in cvt now iirc

Don't think it was, that was two separate posts an xt version was mentioned.
Highest output engine of any version was either the diesel or the 2 litre petrol both at around 150 brake. The older model was available in manual.
Don't think you can even get the levorg turbo engine in the new ones yet.

must have been an early doors one then, my dads had a 2015 and 2018 version and only been two specs mentioned, with either diesel or petrol. although they did do the crappy diamond special edition, which has to be said the sh1ttest special edition i have ever seen

Yes, what I meant to say was that instead of an XV (with a n/a engine) I should wait for Forester XT 240 to drop in price a bit more.

depends on size you want, sv isnt that much bigger than a normal car as its a cross over, forrester is pretty big by comparison