The bike has more power up hills than the Crossfire, also eco is very usable on the Cube. I found the Crossfire power was fine it got me up hills ok. Eco on the Crossfire felt like almost no assistance so I used tour or turbo all the time. The Cube in Turbo is even better you really don't need to put much effort in on a tough hill. This bike has the new active plus motor that apparently has more power than the previous active motor. Saying that it wouldn't put me of buying a bike with the previous active motor.