TC Subaru has officially launched the new Subaru Forester 2.0i-L GT Lite Edition in Malaysia, which is priced at RM163,788 on-the-road without insurance. The sum includes a five-year/100,000-km warranty and factors in the ongoing sales tax relief – 50% as the Forester is fully-imported (CBU) from Thailand.
Like the Forester 2.0i-S EyeSight GT Edition before it, the GT Lite Edition is based on an existing variant – the Forester 2.0i-L in this case – but with a body kit fitted for a sportier and more rugged look.
The list of add-ons includes bumper lip extensions at the front and rear, along with side skirts, a roof spoiler and a larger exhaust finisher. Beyond these items, the rest of the SUV is pretty much identical to a regular Forester 2.0i-L.
The GT Lite Edition sports the base variant’s 17-inch aluminium-alloy wheels in a “snowflake” design; halogen front fog lamps; LED headlamps, taillights and rear fog lamp; leather upholstery, eight-way power-adjustable front seats; dual-zone automatic air-conditioning; an eight-inch Display Audio head unit with six speakers; a 360-degree around view monitor; and cruise control.
No changes to the safety kit either, as the new variant comes with seven airbags (front, side, curtain and driver’s knee), Vehicle Dynamics Control, ABS with EBD and brake assist, Isofix child seat anchors and an electronic parking brake with Auto Vehicle Hold.
Under the hood, you’ll still find a FB20 2.0 litre naturally-aspirated, direct-injected flat-four engine mated to a Lineartronic CVT and Subaru’s Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive system. The boxer unit serves up 156 PS at 6,000 rpm and 196 Nm of torque at 4,000 rpm, and allows the SUV to speed to a maximum of 193 km/h.
The powertrain comes with the SI-Drive (Subaru Intelligent Drive) system, which provides two drive modes to choose from: Intelligent and Sport. There’s also Hill Descent Control, Active Torque Vectoring and regular X-Mode, the last featuring Snow and Dirt modes.
As mentioned at the start, the Forester 2.0i-L GT Lite Edition retails at RM163,788 and will be available in seven colours, namely Crystal White Pearl, Ice Silver Metallic, Jasper Green Metallic, Horizon Blue Pearl, Sepia Bronze Metallic, Dark Grey Metallic and Crystal Black Silica.
With TC Subaru’s new offering, the Forester line-up is now as follows:
- Subaru Forester 2.0i-L – RM149,788
- Subaru Forester 2.0i-L GT Lite Edition – RM163,788
- Subaru Forester 2.0i-S – RM159,788
- Subaru Forester 2.0i-S EyeSight – RM169,788
- Subaru Forester 2.0i-S EyeSight GT Edition – RM177,788
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Go home la.. This brand and the design can dabao d
Typical chinaman business way, TC style. Add exterior kits and sell thinking style over substance is still the success formula…. That’s not even stylish in the first place. Add in more s driving afety systems, that’s what the customers deserve!
Convoluted and garish look.
And here I thought they were going to add even more DRLs to the front!
As long as they don’t release the XT turbo, this car is irrelevant in our market.
Even then, times have caught up, with almost all the popular SUVs now with turbo engines, who wants to buy the long in the tooth Forrester?
I enquired about the Subaru Forester Eyesight model a couple of weeks back. I was shocked they were selling the 2019 model at RM170++. I was an ex Subaru XV owner. I waited for the Eyesight XV but it never came until today. Alas, couldn’t wait anymore and bought a CX-5 2.2D AWD.
Good choice!
Finally, someone here found a real gem!
U need to find a right salesman. End of last year, I got offered to buy the EyeSight variant, 2019, unregistered with RM140k++. Not a showroom car.
End of last year you bought a 2019 car, well you got a brand new 2 year old car. Typical tan chong style to continue selling old stocks
This bodykit makes the car performance even lower……
Urgh…just plain ugly!
Super ugly!!!!
I like Subaru as a brand and technology.
But i never understood this thing about adding bodykit to an SUV. Sedan and hatch looks sporty with Bodykit. SUV’s looks clumsy. Better add more SUV accessories. Bodykits are so outdated.
Eyesight with improved lane centering assist at this price sure sell one..
Such a messy looking car with all those additional kit that serves no purpose (as it’s not even aesthetically pleasing) in multiple colours.
more and more bodykits? stupid tan chong
good job cheapen out the already dinosaur design…
Errr……Why ahh??
I do not understand, we are in 2021 and they just sell 2020 and 2019 models? My wife badly wants this car, she says they are giving so much discount … yalah the discount is more for the price of the car devaluation if you tell me … if you buy a 2019 model in 2021.
the price for eyesight & gt edition was increased 10k but the gt-lite remained