subaru Forester xt

Subaru Forester

If you prefer a little more bite, even from your family car, then the Subaru Forester XT is definitely the SUV for you! We were lucky enough to test the Forester recently and it impressed. It is a family car, with the Subaru BRZ Turbo engine under the bonnet. Putting a turbo engine in the Forester is like giving Usain Bolt a 50m head-start at the Olympics. The Foresters we have tested in the past have already been quick a punch from the engine that is well above its weight, but the XT took that grunt to a whole new level.

It has a 177kW engine that gets you to super-fast in no time at all. But before you start panicking, the Forester is not all beast… it is beauty, too! With a premium colour multi-function display, a sixspeaker audio system with auxiliary jack to pump the tracks, USB connectivity

Interior of the Subaru Forester

and Bluetooth wireless technology with hands-free mobile communication and audio streaming integration, everything you need inside the Forester is at your fingertips. Having all that muscle would mean very little if there were no safety elements to protect your most valuable cargo, but the Forester has seven SRS airbags and some of the best results under braking we have ever tested. With dynamic allwheel drive, you can be assured you have grip on any surface.

The Forester starts at around R329000 for the base model and the one we tested was a cool R529000, but owning one of these Japanese beauties will mean the world will have to watch in envy as you whizz by on your way out of town for the holidays.