This year, the Forester features standard front air bags and side air bags. But no curtain air bags. Subaru’s engineers claim they are not really necessary since the side air bags come up to the average person’s ear level when inflated. Apparently, they offer almost as much head protection in a crash as do the curtain airbags.
The Forester is an all-weather, all-road vehicle. It is one of the best-engineered, most capable vehicles available. All Foresters – indeed all Subarus sold in North America – are equipped with the legendary Subaru symmetrical full time all wheel drive. With this system, torque is sent to all four wheels at once. This makes the wheels track better and at normal highway speeds, it tends to cancel out both oversteer and understeer.
A biggest-in-the-industry sunroof makes for great al fresco cruising.
