2009 Subaru Forester

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Often, adolescence brings a physically gawky stage, but in the case of the Forester, which just turned eleven years old, the opposite is true. With this redesign, the Forester has finally shed its dorky appearance and donned a handsome (if somewhat derivative) new suit of sheetmetal. Evidently, Subaru was tired of swimming outside the mainstream with its lower, smaller, more wagonlike entry, watching the CR-V and the Toyota RAV4 run away from the Forester in sales. Size and styling were two major factors keeping people out of the Forester, and Subaru has effectively addressed both. At the same time, the company has added standard safety gear yet lowered the price. It ought to be enough to move the Forester out of its granola-chomping niche.

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By Joe Lorio

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I like the look of that!