2009 Subaru Forester revealed on cover of Japanese magazine
Any hope of Subaru surprising us with the 2009 Forester's new look is gone now thanks to a Japanese magazine cover that's been scanned on the web revealing in full detail what the new boxy CUV will look like when it soon debuts. Subaru recently went live with a new mini site for the Forester that showed us a shadowy image of the Forester's rear end, but this new scan leaves nothing to the imagination. It's very Tribeca-like in the grille and headlights and looks much more like its own design than does the current model. Perhaps Subaru can keep the Forester's technical details close to its chest for a few more weeks until the first official images are released on Christmas Day, but we kind of doubt it.
[Source: Carscoop]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Mayur 6:06PM (11/28/2007)
Looks as if the hotlink protecting isnt working as it should be?
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Mayur 6:07PM (11/28/2007)
^^hotlink protection**
Sorry for my grammer lol
amastadon 6:12PM (11/28/2007)
Looks much better than the current "box" like version. Hope they include a five or six speed auto for better gas mileage.
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John Oneil 6:16PM (11/28/2007)
What do you expect when theres a joint venture between Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors Corp.
For the pass 40 years GM has made junk for cars.
GM had a major problem with the rack and pinion in some of their cars. In cold weather the seals would not seal and the stering was very hard.
Then GM join Saab and u guess it Saab had the same problem.
What can one expect when GM join Toyoto. Toyoto is turning into a junk car.
GM great mistake and that is so true.....
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Richard 6:24PM (11/28/2007)
Huh!
What do GM and Toyota have to do with this?
amastadon 6:31PM (11/28/2007)
What are you taking about!?
Ricky 8:04PM (11/28/2007)
You were able to write a whole paragraph of nonsensical information. You do know that GM sold their portion (20%) of Fuji Heavy Ind 2 years ago. Toyota bought 8.4% and the rest is still on the market.
So, with that cleared up, why in gods name would a joint venture between Toyomoco and GM have anything to do with the separate ownership of Fuji Heavy Ind shares by GM and Toyomoco?
My theory is that you're bitter because some mechanic told you some GM cars have bad steering rack seals and charged you $2000 to fix it. What you don't know is that this is a simple DIY.
MikeSS 12:37PM (11/29/2007)
Ricky has it right, GM left FHI years ago.
Plus, GM and Toyota only make one car together, and Toyota builds it. Toyota is in trouble all on its own.
BTW - If GM makes "junk cars", why does it keep winning awards?
Pat 6:18PM (11/28/2007)
Am I the only one seeing a "Please stop stealing our content" instead of the actual picture?
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Richard 6:24PM (11/28/2007)
Nope!
Me too, though it went away when I hit the refresh button.
geo.stewart 8:06PM (11/28/2007)
last time i saw this picture (on this website) it was supposedly only a rendering...
when did that change?
Richard 6:29PM (11/28/2007)
It is hard, from this angle to have any real idea of what the thing really looks like.
For months we saw pictures of the Impreza taken from about the altitude of a dog eying up a tire to mark. A small dog - a rat-dog at that. Not even a real dog. And you know what, when you see the Imp in real life - like - when you approach it as an adult human, not a small dog, it doesn't look too bad. It's not great, but it looks better walking up to it than it did in the months of "gonna run me over" launch pictures.
The key question re. the Forester is whether or not the "girls" are going to like it.
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Ricky 8:06PM (11/28/2007)
Wait, what is your point? All I got out of this is small dog, big dog, and run me over? Read your post over before you click "Add Your Comments".
Richard 8:10PM (11/28/2007)
"And you know what, when you see the Imp in real life... it doesn't look too bad."
Hang in there, Ricky. You gotta read it all...;-}
AlexP 7:01PM (11/28/2007)
Mini-Tribecca (sp)
Am I the only one noticing the weird mirror like thing on the hood?
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Mayur 7:06PM (11/28/2007)
Alot of cars in japan have that. Its a parking mirror.
AlexP 7:09PM (11/28/2007)
Interesting.
SherbornSean 7:56PM (11/28/2007)
These days, just about every automaker is capable of making at least one attractive model.
Except Subaru
Luckily, they'll be bankrupt soon enough.
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Ricky 8:14PM (11/28/2007)
Lies! The Legacy still looks good.
Fumiki 7:10AM (11/29/2007)
If Soob goes bankrupt there wouldn't be any Japanese automakers for me to buy from and I can't afford a European - that leaves me with public transportation. Oh wait, back to your moronic comment; maybe owning a generic economy car has you bitter? You should only see the rear of one of these things as it leaves you in the dust. Get over it...