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Test Drive Subaru Forester and Subaru Outback: In the same weight category

Kolesa.ru portal by checking the origin of each, brought two brothers in one ring, each of which got a reward, but only in different categories.

Brothers-Subaru almost like brothers Klitschko. To fight with each other, the Ukrainians banned Mom, and the dealership of the Japanese was not particularly glad to face the dealer service, whose specialist did not immediately understand that it was just journalists to find out by comparing two universal stamps. And the meaning is that: keep two similar cars in the model range, today, luxury. However, Subaru, dividing the Forester and Outback of the abyss of almost 300,000 rubles, is easily left of possible internal competition. Whether the differences between the two all-wheel drive universities we will try to find out by colling the foreheads of two Subarovsk relatives.

At first glance, cars and the truth is similar. Both universals formally consisting in one class, both all-wheel drives with opposite motors and automata. On this, in general, similarities and end. And then the whole series of differences begins, finding no difficulty to find any difficulty to get acquainted with the crossovers Pleiad.

Round first. Asphalt
As if the metropolitan dandy, dressed with the needle in the last fashion, the Outback leaves in the shade, neat, but the modest provincial of Forester, not spoiled by designer outfits. What to say, a more expensive universal Subaru really looks sorry and more expensive, emphasizing his superiority of sports, bordering the aggression.

Outback continues to boasting and in the interior. Stylish, albeit a rather rigid, front panel, finished with plastic for dark aluminum. Separate climate control and functional music with a 6-disc chajnger, fit into the architecture of the torpedo without any stylistic complaints. Compared to such a luxury, inside Forester looks simple. And optimal scales of outback devices with an analog econometric Alya BMW and look at the mechanism from the future, compared with the arms of the forester. At the same time, on informative, the Forester devices are not inferior to Outback analogs.

For the convenience of accommodation in the salons of both cars there are no complaints. Just feel yourself in them completely differently: on Forester, you are ready to go to the cottage, to the forest for mushrooms or fishing; In Outbeck, I immediately want to configure an electrified seat on a more impulgging landing. Thoughts about the countryside are replaced by memories of unfinished affairs in the city. Yes, and deliver you to the right point of the city more passenger University of Subaru will be able faster, and most importantly - more comfortable: noise and vibration insulation in Outback is noticeably better.

Although the Opposite engine Subaru Outback is only 17 horsepower with more powerful for 31 Nm of Forester, it is better to reveal the entire potential of the universal power unit allows a more modern stepless automatic transmission lineartronic. Cool tandem! The four-stage blasting machine, although it pleases the smoothness of switching, in the convenience of controlling overclocking noticeably behind the more expensive relative.

The first round is definitely for Outbek. Built on the basis of a sedan, a pseudo-road wagon remained faithful to the noble passenger car of a comfortable car.

Round the second. Outside expensive
A few months ago, we already took the updated Forester on the test. Evaluate off-road abilities then failed. And we could not miss this opportunity for the second time, especially since our hands turned out to be as many as two subaru.

Driving to the sandy-mud wasteland, rugged with ravines, the driver Subaru Outback is strained: his car is not inferior to Forestra in the clearance, markedly loses in geometric patency. The long Ot of the front bumper does not torment clinging for the protruding ramp. And falling by the rear wheel in the pit, you can easily hit the back. The forester is all anything. Shorter bumpers have, besides, the right off-road form, allowing you to overcome quite serious obstacles without any problems. On the off-road already legacy Outback has to catch up with a cheaper and less powerful fellow.

Handling on the gravel and opening surface, thanks to a constant full drive, in both cars at height. None of the dough participants did not perform the retreats from the specified trajectory, even with frank provoking. Accurate dosage of thrust, and both cars obediently followed instructions of drivers. In many ways, this is a merit of more transparent steering, which always allows you to understand the angle to turn the front wheels. Here it is Subarovskaya stability!

A sufficiently deep and wide mud bath was first decided to overcome the gathering. The problem is neither for an outback, nor, all the more, for Forester it did not. Complete the task. Starting right in the middle of the puddles, a little subtoping of Subarovsky passing. Gas, the dictum of the anti-test system, a bunch of dirty splashes and a single hint that we can get stuck. Well done boys! A few minutes later we rolled the mud lake so much that during the next forcing with Subaru, there was a trouble with Subaru: an expensive wagon clung to the feed, taking off the rear bumper. Of course, this is our wine: playing coping with our off-road fantasy, trying to keep up with Forester, we completely forgot that the subaru outback is a city prikid, the victim of which has become a sorted part.

Carefully examining the outback, we notice that the front of the car did not survive without loss of our tests: from the fasteners weigh the plastic front bumper boot. Everything, it's time to finish!

So, in the second round, Forester has played himself, sending his opponent to technical knockdown. On the real off-road outback does not help neither a more powerful engine, nor modern transmission, no plastic body kit. Too long nose and hem of a stylish costume.
Rivals in the corners!

All additional 300,000 rubles were invested in Subaru Outback for decent urban life. Modern, very comfortable and technological wagon of Legacy, remains true Subaru: the inhabitants of the cabin that disappeared from under the wheels will not be hosted. The main thing is that the path still resembled the road.

But when and the road will become in places to disappear, turning into the direction, the Outback will take place in the rear view mirror of Forester. Geometric permeability The main trump card of the forester on the off-road. But in urban disciplines, to compete Subaru Forester with his more expensive brother is unable. It is worse than equipped with a simple interior, there are noisy in general, the choice of an unassuming buyer, but loving active rest, and conducting more time outside asphalt than on it.

How much do Subaru crossover cost?
The cheapest Subaru Forester costs 1,037,700 rubles. In a modest configuration with a 2.0-liter 150-strong opposite, there is no automaton, which is proposed in addition for 30,000 rubles. The tested version of YV is richer on an advanced radio tape recorder with a color display and a rear view camera, cast 17-inch discs and minor cosmetic changes in the exterior. The cost of such a car is 1,192,500 rubles.

The price of the forester with a more powerful 2.5-liter engine and automatically begins from 1 322 100 rubles. The main difference will be a refined interior with separate climate control and an optimile dashboard.

Returned to our market and legendary turbo engines with nostrils on the hood. Want a drive? Be kind to post 1,416,000 rubles for turbo-Forester with a manual box or 40,000 rubles more, per version with a four-step automatic transmission.

Automatic with five gears in the exclusive version of the S-Edition will raise the cost of high-speed 263-strong forester up to 1,676,500 rubles.

Outback engines are two. A 167-strong 2.5-liter opposite motor is offered to choose from either 6-speed mechanics (from 1,363,500 rubles), or with a stepless variation of Lineartronic (from 1,421,300 rubles) in a sufficiently rich basic design.

The top version with the engine volume 3.6 (249 hp) from the Subaru Tribeca and a five-speed automaton will raise the cost of outback without a small up to two million rubles.

The car is provided for the test by Subaru Center Pulkovo, the official Subaru dealer.

Posted by: Ilya Ogorodnikov
Photo: Roman Stunnin