The interior dimensions only an inch or two width narrower with couple more inched head room. Over all an inch or two here and there variance. Don't really notice it. The black interior makes it seem much smaller at fist. At 6'2 it is very comfortable. The trunk is huge. All my camping stuff fits same as Contour.
A lot more nimble and chuckable than the Contour. Feels a lot lighter.
Top speed is similar with no speed limiter. Acceleration good enough ...thought about getting the WRX but the 1.5 or so seconds 0-60 saving not woth $8K + to me. 0-40 is most of my driving in the city and it's fast enough - same as WRX. Very smooth power band.
Needed to get rid of the Contour....money pit just to keep it on the road....was going to get worse. Sucked gas too.
Not really an upgrade...just the closest thing I could find to the Contour. Similar perfrmance but "Made in Japan". Resale on par with a Civic :-)
I had a "79 Brat and an "84 Turbo wagon and I can tell you these things are well engineered and built to last.
The Impreza is a nice car. However it is smaller then a Contour and slower as well. Besides AWD (and being newer) how do you consider it such a major upgrade then???
