Subaru Forester News
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The Forester Hybrid is scheduled to arrive about a year after the non-hybrid version, suggesting it might be a 2026 model.
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Subaru Forester Hybrid teased in Japan, in sporty STI formSubaru’s STI performance skunkworks has helped enable some very fast, exciting versions of the Japanese automaker’s vehicles. And with its 2019 Crosstrek Hybrid, Subaru has shown it can engineer a full hybrid—a plug-in with a 17-miles range rating. However, the Forester STI...
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2017 Subaru Forester gas mileage inches up
The 2017 Subaru Forester gets slightly better gas mileage than before.
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What Do African Medics Drive? This One Has A Subaru Forester
On major drive events, including our May tour of South Africa’s Garden Route in new 2014 Subaru Forester XTs, organizers often include a medic among the team. This ensures prompt response to emergencies when the group may be hours from the nearest medical facility. From broken bones to insect...
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2014 Subaru Forester Aces New IIHS Crash Test; Other Crossovers, Not So Much
Last year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety introduced a new crash test -- and a new rating to accompany it. A total of 13 compact SUVs recently took that test, and the 2014 Subaru Forester was the only one in the bunch to earn a "good" rating. The test in question is the "small overlap...
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Subaru Hybrid For 2014 To Echo Honda, GM Mild-Hybrid Approach
Beyond the obvious Toyota, if any other make were to build hybrid cars, you might expect it to be Subaru. The small Japanese company's cars are revered for durability and standard all-wheel drive, and their drivers are often assumed to be on the liberal side of center. Subaru owners tend to cluster...
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Subaru is sticking to its almost trademark horizontally opposed or ‘boxer’ engine for its future lineup of cars, improving on the design, making it more refined and fuel efficient with each generation. The third and latest generation of the engine--the first major redesign in 21 years--has now been revealed and is scheduled to debut in the 2011 Forester towards the end of the year before filtering across to other models in the automaker’s lineup. The engine is almost entirely new, starting from the basic structure, yet it maintains all the advantages of the...
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2011 Subaru Forester More Efficient Thanks To New Engine
Subaru hasn’t made much of a commotion over its 2011 model year updates for the Forester range but we will as the compact SUV has been made more fuel efficient. An all-new four-cylinder ‘boxer’ engine for the base 2.5X models sees fuel economy rise to 21/27 mpg city/highway for both manual...
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St. Patrick's Day Special: The Most Popular Cars Painted Green
We write a lot about green cars, here at GreenCarReports.com. Surprise, right? Now our partner TrueCar has provided some data about which cars are greenest. That is, which cars are most often ordered in the color green. Consider this our automotive celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Lá Fhéile...
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Keep It Green: Add A Little PZEV To That Subaru!
Like CVT, which stands for continuously-variable transmission, PZEV is one of those acronyms floating around the auto world that mean nothing to most car buyers. It stands for Partial Zero-Emission Vehicle, one of a number of arcane emissions brackets created by the very aggressive California Air...
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Subaru Offers New Green Roof Option on 2009 Forester (Appropriately)
While Subarus often appeal to the environmentally aware, the 2009 Forester adds an appealing eco-option: a Green Roof that cools the car
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