2021 Subaru Impreza vs Volvo S60

What's the difference?

Subaru is now known best for being an SUV brand that doesn’t really make SUVs.

Its range of lifted wagons and hatchbacks are successful evolutions of its once-popular sedan and hatch ranges, which included the Impreza.

Now the Liberty mid-size sedan has reached the end of its long run in Australia, the Impreza hatch and sedan represent a little slice of Subaru’s past. The range has been updated for the 2021 model year, so what we’re set on finding out is whether the storied Impreza badge should take your eyes away from more popular rivals.

We took a top-spec 2.0i-S for a week to find out.

Sedans have long been supplanted by SUVs as the family favourite but they still have their charms for those drivers who like something that feels more dynamic on the road.

Enter the limited edition Volvo S60 Recharge Black Edition which sees the return of a plug-in hybrid powertrain for Volvo’s only sedan.

I’ve been family-testing the PHEV variant to see just how practical a sedan is for the modern family, and whether it's rivals, the Audi A4, BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C200 have anything to worry about.