Used Car of the Day: 2018 Subaru Crosstrek

by Tim Healey

Published: January 10th, 2024

used car of the day 2018 subaru crosstrek

Hey, wanna buy a racecar?

Here's your change with this 2018 Subaru Crosstrek. It has a rally build, courtesy of performance shop Rocket Rally.

It's a full build from a stripped chassis.

Features include a fuel cell, pre-wiring, and rally lights. There's also underbody protection, a roof vent, and motorsport steering wheel, seats, and belts.

There is some A-pillar damage because rally.

There's a turbo engine, front-mounted intercooler, custom radiator, racing suspension, and all the other parts and bits you need to go racing.

The seller says this car is not for beginners, but for someone with a bit of rally experience looking for a better ride without spending too much money.

Speaking of money, the ask is $87,500 CAD for this British Columbia-based rally car.

Well-heeled weekend warriors, click here.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Bullnuke on Jan 11, 2024

https://www.subaruxvforum.com/threads/greetings-to-everyone-from-russia.177888/ Just for you, @Slavuta, old friend. I just knew I could find another country using Crosstreks for racing.

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FreedMike on Jan 11, 2024

Behold...the only Crosstrek that will not be clogging up the fast lane on the freeway.

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- Lou_BC on Jan 11, 2024
  
  Coming to a logging road near you...
  
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