Subaru Forester 2008-2010 | EVERYTHING you NEED to know... !!

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Evolution is everywhere in the motor industry with technology advancing and as patterns of customer demand change, cars adapt to stay relevant and desirable. It's usually a gradual process but occasionally a more dramatic leap is called for and in 2008, Subaru thought its Forester needed just such a metamorphosis. The Subaru Forester had always been an unusual proposition but it was closer to a four-wheel-drive estate car than anything else. The third generation model which showed up in April 2008 wasn't. The Forester had unmistakably been transformed into a compact SUV.

History
Fans of the Forester's mix of no-nonsense ruggedness and turbocharged performance may have been slightly flummoxed by its 2008 incarnation but it gained Subaru admission to the compact 4x4 market sector which was firmly on the up at the time. The previous two Forester generations had been spacious estates with Subaru's all-wheel-drive mechanicals and range-topping versions powered by the turbocharged petrol engines that made Subaru's Impreza the budget performance star it was. There wasn't much else for the price that could give that mix of on-road performance, practicality and off-road ability, so the Forester always had a small but profitable niche in the UK market.
The third generation Forester arrived in 2008 and was obviously very different to the cars that had carried the Forester name before it. Here was a taller vehicle with the classic SUV shape and high driving position. It arrived in April 2008 with a 2.0-litre petrol engine but the crucial diesel model showed up in September of that year. Previous Foresters had always been handicapped by their lack of a diesel option and it was obvious that the Forester would need one now that it was a smaller fish in the large and growing compact SUV pond. X and XS trim levels were offered and the Forester continued to campaign on the basis that it was the driver's choice amongst its compact 4x4 rivals. The mid-range XC trim level arrived later and was offered with the diesel engine while XSn is basically the XS with satellite navigation.

Writer - Jonathan Crouch

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