Subaru of America plans a plug-in hybrid version of the hot-selling Crosstrek subcompact crossover.

Subaru said Friday the 2019 Crosstrek Hybrid will be the automaker's first plug-in hybrid.

The company's global platform that underpins the Crosstrek was designed and engineered to accommodate a plug-in hybrid.

The platform's flexible design allows for gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and all-electric drivetrains. The Crosstrek was redesigned for the 2018 model year on the Subaru Global Platform.

The plug-in hybrid can be driven "as a normal hybrid," Subaru said in a statement, using both gasoline and electric power or just in pure electric drive.

The Crosstrek Hybrid will feature partner Toyota Motor Corp.'s hybrid system combined with Subaru's four-cylinder, direct-injection boxer engine, all-wheel drive and an all-new transmission, Subaru said.

In February, Subaru Chief Technology Officer Takeshi Tachimori told “Automotive News” that the automaker would be drawing heavily from partnerships to engineer the plug-in hybrid.

"For our plug-in hybrid to be introduced this year, we have used Toyota's technologies as much as possible," Tachimori said at the time.

The plug-in variant will also have "unique styling," Subaru noted, and is set to arrive at dealers at the end of the year, Subaru said. U.S. sales of the Crosstrek, the top-selling vehicle in the subcompact crossover segment, rose 67 percent to 45,728 Crosstreks this year through April.

Pricing of the 2019 Crosstrek Hybrid will be released later.

The article “Subaru plans plug-in hybrid Crosstrek” originally appeared on autonews.com

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