Comments on: Subaru Boxer Diesel Forester and Impreza unveiled in Paris

By: Peter W

Peter W — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:43:50 +0000

Tis a pity Subaru have not gone for this here in Oz. My Forester GT, yes an older model, was written off in Melbourne with a rear ender and I’m seriously looking at the Tiguan Diesel. Too, too late Subaru!

By: Darren

Darren — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:49:43 +0000

Lets see how it goes with a performance chip and diesel gas fumigation!

By: davie

davie — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:57:01 +0000

Hi Tim,

I dont know what the MY09 Foresters real world (as distinct from test) fuel consumption is but I can tell you my MY99 AWD impreza seems to use more than what I was expecting.

Its a 2 litre with dual range (so even more transmission loss than normal manual)

I average about 9.5 to 10 litres/100km around town and about 8 on the freeway. I never really hoon at all.

I recently got a best-ever 100% highway figure of 7.6l/100k and that was Syd to Jindabyne with cruise on the whole way and no traffic. I guess thats pretty good.

The latest wheels mag has a soft roader mega-test and the suby NA 2.5 litre auto chews about 10.6 or something similar over their combined test.

I reiterate that the diesel will be a winner if it averages only 5.2l/100k That means it will probably chew about 4.9 on the highway and about 7 in town.

By: JEYKL AND HYDE

JEYKL AND HYDE — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 23:11:06 +0000

YES BARNEY,I KNOW ABOUT ALUMINIUM,AND I AM NOT SAYING IT’S A BAD CAR.WHAT I AM POINTING OUT IS IF YOU LIKE THE IDEA OF SOLID BODY PANELS(AND HATE SHOPPING CARPARK DINTS)DO WILL DO WELL TO AVOID IT…..YOU GUYS DON’T KNOW CAUSE YOU YOU AIN’T TRIED ONE YET(TINNY??)

By: davie

davie — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:52:38 +0000

Re the sound of the boxer diesel, look it up on youtube heaps of videos of the boxer diesel and its sound idling and revving.

Theres also one of the speed during acceleration, it looks like a rocket ship!

By: Naughtyius Maxiumus

Naughtyius Maxiumus — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:10:03 +0000

Yes Tim I fully agree!

By: Tim

Tim — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:49:42 +0000

Fantastic, just what Subaru needs. The Forester is by far the best car in its category, and Subaru deserves every bit of its success…although even if I do think the previous model was better.

A boxer diesel is already a winner in the Legacy (European Markets) – so it will be good to see how much of an impact this Forester makes.

By the way, what silly remarks are coming from this article. Petrol Forester has a bad fuel consumption?? Umm no, best in class…9.6L and thats with AWD and capabilities much better than an ordinary station wagon.

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By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:08:27 +0000

If it really can get close to 5.2L/100km in the real world, this will be the best choice in this category. 5.2 is almost half of what petrol compact SUV in this segment typically achieve, if the price premium of diesel can be kept at about $2k above the petrol version, this will sell very well indeed.

Quite interested to see if they can offer an auto box if it goes on sale here, seeing as Australian prefer auto in number of cars sold. Let’s hope it won’t be the ancient 4 speed auto from the petrol variant, Subaru really needs to give it a 5sp or 6sp auto. Or pehaps a CVT version won’t be bad either.

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:23:51 +0000

Even though its good to see Subaru are expanding their range by offering Diesels; what Subaru really need is to get rid of the poor selling Tribeca and introduce the New Brumby Ute which I’m sure would be far more popular

By: FRUGAL_ONE

FRUGAL_ONE — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:46:18 +0000

WOW

Another Falcon Ute owner, we can drive in formation!

Cheers

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