Pics: Subaru Impreza cross-dresses

With its black plastic trim, raised suspension and 185mm of ground clearance, the XV is clearly not your average Impreza - but, unlike others in the "hatchback-in-hiking-boots" class such as the VW Polo Cross and Nissan's Livina X-Gear, the Subaru also actually has all-wheel drive.

With its black plastic trim, raised suspension and 185mm of ground clearance, the XV is clearly not your average Impreza - but, unlike others in the "hatchback-in-hiking-boots" class such as the VW Polo Cross and Nissan's Livina X-Gear, the Subaru also actually has all-wheel drive.

With its black plastic trim, raised suspension and 185mm of ground clearance, the XV is clearly not your average Impreza - but, unlike others in the "hatchback-in-hiking-boots" class such as the VW Polo Cross and Nissan's Livina X-Gear, the Subaru also actually has all-wheel drive.

With its black plastic trim, raised suspension and 185mm of ground clearance, the XV is clearly not your average Impreza - but, unlike others in the "hatchback-in-hiking-boots" class such as the VW Polo Cross and Nissan's Livina X-Gear, the Subaru also actually has all-wheel drive.

With its black plastic trim, raised suspension and 185mm of ground clearance, the XV is clearly not your average Impreza - but, unlike others in the "hatchback-in-hiking-boots" class such as the VW Polo Cross and Nissan's Livina X-Gear, the Subaru also actually has all-wheel drive.

With its black plastic trim, raised suspension and 185mm of ground clearance, the XV is clearly not your average Impreza - but, unlike others in the "hatchback-in-hiking-boots" class such as the VW Polo Cross and Nissan's Livina X-Gear, the Subaru also actually has all-wheel drive.

With its black plastic trim, raised suspension and 185mm of ground clearance, the XV is clearly not your average Impreza - but, unlike others in the "hatchback-in-hiking-boots" class such as the VW Polo Cross and Nissan's Livina X-Gear, the Subaru also actually has all-wheel drive.

With its black plastic trim, raised suspension and 185mm of ground clearance, the XV is clearly not your average Impreza - but, unlike others in the "hatchback-in-hiking-boots" class such as the VW Polo Cross and Nissan's Livina X-Gear, the Subaru also actually has all-wheel drive.

With its black plastic trim, raised suspension and 185mm of ground clearance, the XV is clearly not your average Impreza - but, unlike others in the "hatchback-in-hiking-boots" class such as the VW Polo Cross and Nissan's Livina X-Gear, the Subaru also actually has all-wheel drive.