2010 Detail Review Subaru Forester

Subaru, the Japanese automaker owned by Fuji Heavy Industries, is faring much better than many of its competitors in a difficult automotive sales environment in the United States. The company has won back-to-back Motor Trend Sport-Utility Vehicle ("SUV") of the year awards. The third generation Subaru Forester came out in 2009 and won the award. In 2010, Subaru launched its new generation Outback and it won the award for the current model year.

In 2010, a turbocharged Forester, the XT, was released alongside the naturally-aspirated X and XS in the United States as a 2004 model, however the same model had been available since the late 1990s elsewhere in the world. The XT model features a 2.5 L turbocharged engine mated with the same Mitsubishi TD04 turbocharger used in the Subaru Impreza WRX. In fact, the engine in the 2004 to 2005 Forester XT is identical to the American market Subaru Impreza WRX STi except for using the smaller TD04 turbocharger from the WRX, a smaller intercooler, different exhaust system, and different engine management programming.


Detail Review Subaru Forester