The company is promising a 20 percent improvement in fuel efficiency and claiming that the new Crosstrek Hybrid can drive more than 621 miles on a single tank of fuel.

Subaru's vehicles are beloved by their fans for plenty of reasons, but generally speaking, fuel economy isn't one of them. As a result, there's been plenty of interest in the automaker's vague plans to roll out hybrid models using a Toyota-based system in the near future.

Now, extended details have been published ahead of December when the Crosstrek will be the first model to utilize the next-generation hybrid system. At the heart of the new hybrid system is a naturally aspirated,

Not so fast, says Subaru. In a classic case of if you build the right product, they will come, the Subaru WRX - a North American enthusiast's favorite since the early 2000s - is still selling hot with the six-speed transmission. As a matter of fact, it's outselling the dreadful CVT (for continuously variable transmission), and by a solid margin.

More than eight in 10 buyers of the sport-compact are choosing the six-speed manual over Subaru's humdrum CVT.

Earlier this year we asked every automaker with manual offerings how many buyers chose three pedals, and the WRX was far and away the car with the highest manual take rate. The on