Comments on: Subaru Forester vs Nissan Dualis Comparison Review

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:38:53 +0000

;)

The dualis is fantastic; but then again I like economy; full 4×4 and the Dualis has auto gears also with select a gear option; and twin parking cameras as standard; and bluetooth as standared (here in Japan) and full StaNav and it has a full sunroof and the family love it.

The Japanese elastic band gearbox got taking used to; due to UK being almost all gearshift. But it’s fine when you are used to it.

The only thing I would change is putting sliding rear doors on it as this car is going to be sold to a lot of families with children.

If I buy another car it will be the 7-seat version with 2Litre Diesel (or hybrid if it ever happens).

Sliding rear doors would do for now. Who designed supermarket parking spaces?

By: Ratheesh Kumar

Ratheesh Kumar — Mon, 25 May 2009 04:44:29 +0000

My partner and I own a Dualis ST and test drove both Forrester and Dualis, While looking for our car. We found that the Forrester was too noisy and heavy to drive,and we didnt like its rough look. Where as the Dualis handles like a sporty hatch back ,easy to handle in this class of cars,economic 8 l/100 Km,excellent road view,Good looking interior. We were really impressed. We both love our car.In ur comparison u havent compared Ti Model with forester.Ti is even far better than St dualis.

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:54:07 +0000

Took the Forester for a test drive in hope that all the reviews got it right and they had come a long way from the previous model. Nope still cheap and nasty!!!
Took the dualis for a test drive … fit and finish shits over the forester shame it dosnt have more power.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:55:40 +0000

I bought a Forester XT Manual in May 08, have owned about 12 Subbies over the years. Not as impressed with this one as i was hopong, although probably still the best choice in it’s class. I agree with Murray that the throttle (cableless) has a mind of it’s own, i recon it’s tuned for the auto model, seemes to be a delay when you let your foot off the throttle. Hill holder pisses me off, they have changed it to release after about 2 seconds instead of release from brake pedal, easy to stall when you stop for less than 2 seconds on any slight hill. Tyres are shit in the wet. Lots of road noise (turn the good stereo up), Seat belt warning alarm would drive people that open gates to get to there property mad, cant put weight on passengers seat without alarm going off (It’s like a Volvo)No low range in turbo version a pitty. Fuel economy close to 11.9 Litre per 100 average over 8 months.

By: morgan

morgan — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:14:52 +0000

My partner and I own a Dualis Ti and test drove both Forrester and Dualis, While looking for our car. We found that the Forrester was clunky and heavy to drive,not to mention it’s soccor mum look. Where as the Dualis handles like a sporty hatch back and recently went on a trip to country NSW ( 7 hours each way) and paid $65 for petrol all up. We were really impressed. We love our car

By: ChrisJ

ChrisJ — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 12:50:20 +0000

Test drove the Forrester X today and must say I was a little disappointed with the drive. The manual gearbox wasn’t very good, the gears changes were notchy. Also, the engine felt unrefined and rough, and pretty gutless all up. Is this normal on these cars, or just the one we drove?

The car handled well, and the ride was nice and non SUV like.

Looking at the manual Forrie, Outlander VR and manual Diesel X-Trail. Based on the test drives we’ve had of all the three cars, the X-Trail is probably the best.

Cheers,

Chris.

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:01:52 +0000

Was all set to buy a New Forester which was only just ahead of my second preference an X-TRAIL . Had test drives of both back to back and was sold on the smoothness of the CVT in the Nissan. I actually prefer the new shape of the Forester but the interior trim ,dash and 4 speed auto is a bit disapointing.

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:09:06 +0000

I think it is a suitable comparision given that for the same equipment the cars cost the same. What makes it unfair is that the Dualis is overpriced in comparison. If you compare it to the SX4 it costs about 5k more for the same equipment – so all you get is a little extra size. I like the Dualis but to be at all competetive it needs to have the airbags, esp etc. on the base model – then it slots in between the Forester and SX4 where it belongs.

By: Murray

Murray — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:54:30 +0000

I don\’t think I\’d buy either. Was a Subaru enthusiast for 20 yrs, but my current MYO6 Forester has turned me off. The throttle on the manual car had a mind of its own and the dealers/Subaru Aust\’s solution was to swap the car for an auto; which drops down a gear or 2 at the slightest rise. The suspension is too firm and the seats uncomfortable after the first hour.
We travel outback quite a bit. Can\’t someone build a good medium size wagon with low range, manual trans. and preferably a diesel?

By: John

John — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:09:35 +0000

Oh, anyone looking at buying one of these, gimme a yell, I had the first registered Forester X in W.A :D Ive had it for…I think 2 months? Maybe more, I forget.

By: John

John — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:07:32 +0000

I have the new Forester X. In white, haha.
It’s a good car, not terribly quick, but safe, roomy, comfy, and looks kinda cool.

They’re right, the power from the auto isn’t really impressive. But the semi-auto does help, makes it a bit more fun. I havent taken mine off road yet, Im not the off-roading type.

Yeah, Forester all the way. The Dualis is hideous!

By: Duck

Duck — Sat, 31 May 2008 09:04:53 +0000

^But do you know the size difference between the Dualis to the SX4? Big difference!

By: Glen

Glen — Sat, 31 May 2008 06:09:27 +0000

yeah the forester is not in the same class as the dualis, the dualis should be compared with the sx4 4×4 as they are both “hatches” crossed with and suv. and the forester… well it looks a lot better than the previous wagon looking things :)

By: Fenno

Fenno — Sat, 31 May 2008 05:01:13 +0000

“Soft-roaders have really boomed in the past few years, and Subaru claims it started the revolution with the original Forester.”

No I am not TP, but Subaru was three years behind the Rav4 in the soft roader segment. I would never consider the Leone a soft roader…

By: Duck

Duck — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:36:59 +0000

There is also more useable boot space in the Subby! The Subby is the overall winner in my opinion! Boot space is very important, when it comes to buying a car! (To me).

By: Duck

Duck — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:32:20 +0000

…………………….Subaru Forester!

(That answers the rest of Milbob’s sentence).

By: Duck

Duck — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:31:07 +0000

Though id take the Subaru over the Nissan the Dualis has the better looking interior specially the seats (and dash) but there looks like there is more rear leg room in the forester too (as says so in article).

By: milbob

milbob — Fri, 30 May 2008 06:18:43 +0000

yea, I think to compare these two cars is a little off. Not to mention the base dualis is cheaper so when you upgrade to add more airbags, you can’t really say that safety was the main reason.

The Tuscon might be a better comparison don’t you think? Though we all know the winner…

By: weirluo

weirluo — Fri, 30 May 2008 04:47:45 +0000

I have to agree with “Subie fan 4m Perth”. this review is wrong right from the start. I have ever owned three subaru cars, two foresters and one liberty. I have never even thought of … what was the car’s name again ? -oh, “Dualis”, never heard about it. “Forester should be compared with CRV or X-trail!!”, and its better than CRV or X-trail, in my view.

By: Subie fan 4m Perth

Subie fan 4m Perth — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:12:59 +0000

This is rediculeous! How can you compare these two cars. Its pretty obvious,from engine size to price everything is way different on them. Forester should be compared with CRV or X-trail!!