Don Miller Subaru West News & Blog

Here at Don Miller Subaru West, we believe that driving is meant to be an enjoyable, engaging experience, not just a practical and utilitarian one. If you've been moseying around Madison, WI in your front-wheel-drive family car, wishing you could break away from the pack and take the dirt path less traveled to ... well, who knows where, then maybe you should look into trading in you little runabout for a more capable ride.

More specifically, perhaps you should liven up your commutes with the Subaru XV Crosstrek. This compact crossover is engineered to tackle

Ask the rest of the nation what kind of car they think people in Madison, WI drive, and they probably won't know how to answer. You can't really put our climate in the context of one particular adjective -- icy, dry, humid, rainy, etc. So what kind of car is the most practical to driver around here? We get all the seasons here in Wisconsin, and we find that many area drivers come here to Don Miller Subaru West for the one of the most affordable all-wheel-drive systems on the market.

What does the word "compact" mean nowadays, specifically in the automotive industry? Does it just mean "not gigantic" or are you really going to be able to zip in and out of tight parking spaces with ease? Well, simply put, it depends on the automaker.

The 2015 Subaru XV Crosstrek crossover SUV, however, is truly compact in every sense of the word. And thanks to its Impreza compact-car roots, it handles more like a car than an SUV, as well (and with that quintessential standard all-wheel drive that Subaru loves so much).