23 Apr 2008

In its first road test of the new generation Forester X, Wheels magazine has described it as “…a stand-out surprise and delight.”

In a five-page feature in the May edition of Wheels, writer Mike McCarthy says: “Subaru’s all-new soft-roader range opens with a base model that feels anything but bottom of the barrel.”

He adds: “Delight comes from finding the base Forester X is not only alive and kicking, but also a ringing endorsement of the glass-is-half full philosophy. No stripped-out cheapskate, this.”

He concludes: “A quiet achiever all round, this latest Forester. And, very significantly, advances in roominess, hospitality, refinement and driving skills are no less obvious at X level than farther up the family tree. Consider with confidence.”

For the full story, see the May edition of Wheels, out now.