SUBARU has made its name on forging forward with new crossover ideas like the Outback and Forester, and now the Japanese carmaker is at it again with the XV – a small-car based all-wheel drive lifestyle hatch with ample ground clearance and a fat wad of value pricing propping it up as well.

The big question is, though: is this yet another jumped-up Impreza or something genuinely different and innovative

Whatever the answer is, we like it.