Subaru Forester test drive 1997 - 2000 SUV

Forester with a compressor

A thoroughbred sedan will absorb on the highway, he reaches out with a noble rogue on the lane ...
In recent years, compact all -terrain vehicles have become popular, which combine a bright jeep appearance with a passenger car. On the one hand, a characteristic shape of the body, large wheels, all -wheel drive. On the other hand, independent pendants with complex cinematics, forced motors, moderate road clearance, the protection of the units is very conditional, the tires are traffic. It turns out a sort of all -terrain vehicle for asphalt. We have already written about one of these cars - Subaru Forester. But today we will return to this model again. Forester turbo appeared in Russia - read, a forester with a boost.
 
I wonder who he will look like? What will pull - the degree solidity of the foreman or the temperament of a boost of improviser (which Forester, by the way, is a close relative)? Although the motor is in our forester and the Imrezovsky is weaker, it is he who determines the character of the car. Give a moment! - His motto. The engine, which should not calm down over four thousand revolutions, then to modify the ardor, in a matter of moments is removed to the limiter and, twitching in electronic fever, requires the following transmission. A rather large one and a half -ton Forester accelerates into the envy of many thoroughbred cars, giving himself only a characteristic prize at high speeds, which, I note, is completely unable to in the cabin.
 
And what else does he know how, except how to ride quickly? Provides a spacious and comfortable salon for five, but far from a huge trunk for their luggage. Of course, transformation is possible. Do not forget that Forester is from the Subaru clan, which means that those who love and know how to scream with tires on the asphalt or to practice the snow will bring a lot of pleasure. Fuzzy, rubber gear shift - also, by the way, a family Subarovsk sign. But the peculiar work of the pendant on irregularities, apparently due to large, heavy wheels, is a line of foreman. Like too sharp (due to a high body) reaction to gusts of the side wind. It impresses that the forester, unlike some counterparts, does not pretend to be the hero of the cartoon - his appearance is strict, somewhat conservative. On the off -road, Forester is not the last (although not from the first), but the motor with a boost is hardly needed there.
 
It is not difficult to determine the role of a foreman - this is a car for any roads, from autobahns to larynx. The price of a turbo Forester in Russia is from 38,800 dollars.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
General data: number of places - 5; Equipped mass - 1405 kg; Full mass - 1935 kg; maximum speed - 198 km/h; acceleration time from a place to 100 km/h - 8.4 s; fuel consumption in conditional suburban and city cycles - 8.2; 12.8 l/100 km; Fuel supply - 60 liters. Dimensions, mm: length - 4450; width - 1735; height - 1590; base - 2525; The track in front/back - 1475/1450; Road clearance - 190; trunk volume - 410/1530 l; The turning radius is 5.4 m. The engine: four -cylinder, gasoline, opposition, with turbocharged and intermediate air cooling; working volume - 1940 cm; cylinder diameter and piston stroke - 92x75 mm; compression degree - 8.5; Power - 125 kW/ 170 liters. With. at 5600 rpm; The maximum torque is 240 N.M at 3200 rpm. Transmission: constant drive to all wheels; gearbox - mechanical five -speed; Transporting numbers: I - 3.55; II - 1.95; III - 1.37; IV - 0.97; V - 0.74; h. X. - 3.3; The main program is 4.44. Suspension: front and back - independent; Front - like McExeson, the back is multi -link. Brakes: with an amplifier and ABS, disk on all wheels, front - ventilated. Steering: rheck with an amplifier. Tire size: 215/60R16.
 
Igor Solidov. Photo by the author
   

 

A source: The magazine "Driving"