2012 Subaru Forester Reviews

No problems so far.

It's been a great little ute for us. It's pretty civilized on the freeway, has a ton of room (kudos to the boxy shape) and gets decent mileage.

One of the reasons that we bought it is because it has decent ground clearance for a non-truck based SUV. We've taken it off-roading a bit (more than forest service roads, but less than the Rubicon) and it's done great.

Overall it's a great little truck that's for folks that spend 95% of their time in the city and 5% in the mountains.

Recent new car purchase, good so far.

The all wheel drive is very good; the car handles bad weather with ease.

Gas mileage is also good for a full-time all wheel drive vehicle.

The engine power seems adequate for the size of the car, but I'd really like to see less engine and road noise.

The seats are just OK, but driver vision is excellent with no blind spots.

Biggest complaint would have to be the bland and rather cheap appearance of the dash and interior finish; other makes and competitive models do much better in this area.

Seems to have trouble cold starting.

We researched all the different SUV models, and the Subaru was a far better deal than any other car on the market. It comes with a lot of standard options.

Good gas mileage for an SUV. 27 average MPG.

The car is very comfy compared to the Civic I previously owned. I'm hoping this Subaru is going to last 300,000.