Subaru Reviews

The Subaru Forester 2.5i is a base model in name only, and arrives swimming with the kinds of premium features usually reserved for cars positioned further up the trim tree? Does that make it any more appealing as a family transporter?

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If you're buying a new family SUV this year, there's a fair chance one of these four models will be on your shopping list. Statistically, almost one in five new car buyers is choosing this type of car - the medium SUV segment is now the go-to for Australian consumers. So which is our pick of the Honda CR-V, Mazda CX-5, Toyota RAV4 and Subaru Forester? You'll have to read on to find out.

Now, this is a fun looking car. The Subaru XV is known as a SUV version of the ever-popular Impreza, so it’s higher off the road and travels like an SUV but isn’t large, like its big sisters the Forester and Outback.It’s in the small SUV category and competes with cars like the Honda HR-V and Nissan Qashqai.I was in the second-from-top-of-the-range XV 2.0i Premium, which costs $32,670 before on-road costs, and drove it all through the city this week for a bunch of Sydney Fashion Week commitments.Here’s how it did with me and my family of four over seven days of testing.

Subaru’s stalwart hatch and sedan can’t afford to relax in a super-competitive world of small SUVs. We see how this fifth-generation version measures up.

The BRZ is just a more expensive 86, and what's the point of that? And it's old. And there's other stuff around. But maybe it's also worth the extra money.

It looks exactly the same as the base model, so what does the 2.5i-L add under the skin to justify its $2k higher asking price?

Subaru landed on a winning format when it turned a Impreza variant into a small SUV, but does this new version continue that hot streak?

The first thing you notice when you look at a Suburu Forester is that it's a solid looking car.

Foresters sit well in the minds of Aussies, from brand-new family haulers, to beaten up P plate buys. Will the latest iteration continue that legend, or fall to the wayside?