Minimum ground clearance 220, imported horizontally opposed engine, full-time four-wheel drive is more stable than Tiguan

For car owners who have long been passionate about the automotive industry, joint venture SUVs such as Tiguan L, CRV, and RAV4 have always been excellent models to talk about. They not only have high mechanical quality, but also have excellent overall quality. In particular, Volkswagen’s Tiguan L relied on its strong family background and its outstanding overall performance. It was once sought after by many consumers, and therefore became a leader in the SUV field. However, because mainstream joint-venture SUVs are too popular with car owners and consumers, this also makes some powerful ones that no one can understand. For example, the protagonist we are going to talk about today is one of them.

It comes from the Forester of Subaru. In fact, when it comes to this SUV, perhaps many people are not familiar with it, or many people like it. As an unpopular niche model, it will not have the eye-catching sales performance of the Tiguan CRV, but the overall strength is not inferior at all. Whether it is the mechanical quality of the vehicle or the quality and reliability, it is even better. However, as a purely imported SUV, its pricing is not outrageous. The official guide price is 22.38-28.58 million. Although such a price does not have much advantage in the entire field of joint venture SUVs, it is sufficient to meet its overall strength. The Tiguan L, which is also sold for more than 200,000, has been standing at the top of the sales list all the year round, and our protagonist Subaru Forester is still no one understands.

In fact, the visibility of the Forester on the street is even rarer than Cullinan, but judging from its overall appearance, it gives people an unforgettable feeling. The car adopts the latest design style of the family. The wide and flat front face is more like a luxury car; the trapezoidal front air intake grille is large enough, and the headlights are more sharp and dynamic. The deep ridges match together quite well, and the entire front face still looks very domineering. The sideways use a simple and smooth waistline design, coupled with large-size aluminum alloy wheels and the unique large wheel arches of off-road vehicles, the entire side of the body creates a strong off-road range. The Forester’s rear shape is remarkable, the large hexagonal rear window brings good driving vision, and the almost triangular LED taillights have a hint of Honda CRV flavor. In short, driving this extremely low visibility Forester on the road, the turnaround rate is almost 100%.

As for the body size, the length, width and height of the Subaru Forester are 4640/1815/1730mm, and the wheelbase is 2670mm. Obviously, this kind of body size does not have much advantage in the same-level models, but thanks to the utilization of space by Japanese car companies, the actual space performance of this car is at the same level as mainstream models such as CRV Tiguan L. The better materials used in the car make the ride comfort in the car even better than the same level. Although the workmanship is not excellent, leather wrapping and stitching techniques are also used in many places in the car. The configuration is very sufficient, such as seat heating, electronically adjustable seats, reversing image, reversing radar, LED headlights, knee airbags and other most entry-level models are equipped with.

In the core power system, the Subaru Forester is equipped with two sets of powertrains, 2.0L pure oil and 2.0L hybrid, both of which are horizontally opposed 4-cylinder engines. The maximum output power of the ordinary 2.0L engine is 154 horsepower and the peak torque is 196 Nm; the hybrid version has an output power of 150 horsepower, the peak torque of 194 Nm, and the motor power is 13 horsepower and the torque is 63 Nm; both engines are equipped with CVT Infinite gearbox. And on this basis, the minimum ground clearance of the car reaches 220mm, and the full-time four-wheel drive system is standard for the whole series, so the Forester can cope with most non-paved roads. Not only that, the car also uses a double-wishbone rear suspension, so the car's stability is far superior to Tiguan L regardless of urban areas, high-speed driving or bad road conditions.

Generally speaking, the Subaru Forester will not let you down for car owners who focus on driving and pursue individuality. On the contrary, no matter the appearance and space, or the core power system, it can make people feel pleasantly surprised. What's more, the car has pure original imported attributes, coupled with first-class mechanical quality, so it is not inferior to most models of the same level in terms of strength, but unfortunately there are not many people who really understand it, which makes the visibility on the road not high. .