Overview & Reviews
Subaru attacks the mini-SUV market head-on with the Forester, which actually constitutes an SUV body on an Impreza platform with a Legacy engine under the hood. The most carlike of the mini-utes, Forester is also the most powerful. Airbags remain the full power variety, despite new rules allowing lower deployment speeds.
- Handles like a car. Accelerates like a car. Rides like a car.
- Travels off-road like a car.
User Reviews:
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This car rocks - 1998 Subaru Forester
By kinkar - September 18 - 2:00 amOur "old" faithful!
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The best part is it was Free :D - 1998 Subaru Forester
By forester98 - May 12 - 4:44 pmI got this car back in October from my cousin who was getting a new car and didnt want to trade his Subie in. GO HIM! lol It is by far the best vehicle Ive ever owned. Reliability is amazing, the car has 136k miles on it, and i drove 400 miles to Ohio through the rain soaked mountains of West Virginia with no problems. Enough said. For reference in the rest of this, the Subie I own is a 2.5L 5 speed manual.
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Great LITTLE SUV - 1998 Subaru Forester
By RoadRunner47 - February 10 - 2:00 amAWD is great. A fun/utilitarian car for my 56" wife. Extra weight helps on long trips. Im glad I bought the upgraded "S" model versus "L". Leather interior is nice but small. Cupholders awkward. Yokohama tires were subpar--a lot of noise and picked up several nails. Electrical connector for air conditioner came apart several times. Speakers sound tinny. Good gas mileage, but would prefer V6 for more power and weight.
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Only Forester for me - 1998 Subaru Forester
By Mav - February 5 - 10:00 amThis is the best car I have ever driven. Excellent built quality, only major problem was with the rear wheel bearing. Routine maintenance is the only thing this car needs. I will always have a Subaru Forester in my driveway. I love driving this car!!
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Forester, the most sensible and SAFE SUV - 1998 Subaru Forester
By Gwyneira - September 15 - 3:13 pmI have driven my Forester back and forth across the U.S. numerous times and moved house in it four times. It has deceptively enormous cargo capacity and can carry heavy loads with no problem. It also gets great mileage (28hwy/22city) considering its class. Although it is classified as an SUV, it drives, handles, and performs like a small station wagon, though it is a larger car than that. It can muscle through snow and mud, but the center of gravity is low, so it is much safer than other vehicles in its class, such as the Toyota RAV4 or the Honda CR-V. I cannot say enough good things about this car. It is one of the safest cars on the road and is fun to drive. I love my Forester.
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car - 1998 Subaru Forester
By sickwitit - June 8 - 10:00 amfun to drive. handles good stuff like that
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Great Transpo - 1998 Subaru Forester
By mac/s - May 13 - 10:00 amDrive many many highway miles in this delightful vehicle...always comfortable and has never let me down. Snow, rain, fog, heat--always feel safe and secure. Toots right down the road with passing power when I need it. This is my second Subaru, wont be my last.
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Great Vehicle - 1998 Subaru Forester
By Susan - May 24 - 8:43 amI have 98,000 on my Forester-11 years old. I have a 5 speed manual and had my clutch adjusted once. I had a couple other problems early on but nothing since. I think the problems were from it being the first year this vehicle was made. At first I was not enchanted as I did have problems but since then it has been great and very dependable. For whatever reason my tires do not wear out. It is important I think to take it to a Subaru Dealer to do all maintainance and do the suggested maintainance that is suggested for Subaru Foresters. It is very important. I love my vehicle and when I think about getting a new vehicle I just cant do it. I love my automobile, very dependable and great in snow
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Nice SUV - 1998 Subaru Forester
By MSSSSW - January 2 - 10:00 amLike everything about this car except the rear wiper
