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Neil Dowling

Contributing Journalist

5 min read

Living in a consumer-driven nation is Nirvana for those who are stress-free enough to dream and actually have the money to afford the dream.

It has created an industry of dream makers - manufacturers who will, at a price, make you anything you want. And if you've ever yearned for more power for Subaru's perpetual Forester, you can stop dreaming.

The S-Edition is the offspring that resulted after a one-night stand between a Forester and Subaru's performance arm, STI. It gets a massaged turbocharged engine and STI-inspired extras inside and out but retains the practicality and spacious cabin that have fortified Forester through a barrage of attacks by newcomers.

Read the full Subaru Forester 2011 review.