No hybrid yet for new Subaru XV

Subaru New Zealand says it would like to have a hybrid version of the all-new generation of it’s XV SUV in dealerships but says it’s a matter of if rather than when.

At the media launch of the model year 2017 Subaru XV in the Hawkes Bay yesterday, SNZ managing director Wallis Dumper says he would love to see a hybrid version of this new SUV come to New Zealand.

“We would like the XV hybrid if or when it becomes available, but we cannot confirm a date yet as the factory is not confirming if production will become available and when that will happen,” says Dumper.

Subaru New Zealand is currently evaluating a Japanese-domestic specification XV hybrid from the previous model-year generation, which it imported into New Zealand for training purposes and to assess the technologies in the local environment.

It displayed this vehicle in late April to the public at the MTA 100 exhibition at the TSB Arena in Wellington.