More from Sydney, this time from Subaru. Making its world debut at the Australian International Motor Show is a Forester concept called the S-Edition, which offers strong clues to a possible new variant next year.
The S-Edition builds on the existing Forester XT, but its turbocharged 2.5 litre engine offers 259 hp. a jump up from the 227 hp available from the XT. Torque is up too on this one, with 347Nm to the XT’s 320Nm.
Additions to the Variable Torque Distribution (VTD) All-Wheel Drive vehicle include a revised sport suspension, paddleshifters accompanying the five-speed auto gearbox, 17-inch high lustre alloy STI wheels and unique styling accents, including of course S-Edition badging.
Inside, new to the kit list are drilled alloy pedals, new Alcantara seat trim bearing S-Edition logos as well as luminescent instruments with a centre design unique to the model.
Gallery after the jump.
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subaru is a fail..in bolehland..haha
Not impressive from my point of view…
looks more 4×4 rather than suv
sheesh, reading stuff like this frustrates me…we can’t even get the existing Forester XT version, let alone this.
Motorimage seems to be satisfied selling wrxs here…don’t get me wrong – m sure they did their cost benefit study and what-not, but there’s no way Malaysia is gonna become a sophisticated auto market with these limitations.
That aside – just love the Forester S-Edition. What a lovely monster to own.
Perodua Kembara better than this…
MI is selling the XT version w/o the badge, the XT badge doesn’t matter because it’s the only model we get here.
oh my god
subaru is becoming more , boring , more bland , more “TOYOTA” by every model they launch
Another boring design…come on Japs u can surely do better than this
U guys don’t know a thing about Subaru Forester. This car is the best compact off-roader money can buy (now even better). In Australia, this car sells like hot cake!
agreed.
typical malaysians only look at aesthetics & cosmetics.
they have no idea what sorta grunt this subaru’s got.
perodua kembara….what r u? an infant?