Safety
Still think you can't have it all? Check out the Impreza's crash tests, which at the time of publication are the best in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's Small Car class, with top scores for frontal and side-impact collisions. While the Impreza is a Top Safety Pick, which also includes top scores for rear impact, the WRX has different seats that haven't been tested, so the WRX isn't a Top Safety Pick — or at least we can't assume it is.
Standard side-impact torso airbags for the front occupants, plus curtain airbags that cover the side windows completely, are standard and contribute to the model's good scores.
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Examples of the types of accidents in which the SRS side airbag and SRS
curtain airbag will basically not deploy.
1) The vehicle is involved in frontal collision
with another vehicle (moving or stationary).
2) The vehicle is struck from behind.
The SRS side airbag and SRS curtain
airbag are basically not ...
Installation of child restraint systems by use of lower and tether anchorages
(LATCH)
WARNING
● Child restraint systems and seatbelts can become hot in a vehicle that has
been closed up in sunny weather; they could burn a small child. Check the child
restraint system before ...
Manual transmission, front differential and rear differential gear oil
For the checking procedures or other details, refer to “Manual transmission
oil”, “Front differential gear oil (AT models)”, “Rear differential gear oil”. ...