Denizens of Multnomah County, Oregon, rejoice, for your automotive lord and savior, Fuji Heavy Industries, has announced the cash layout required to purchase yourself a brand-spankin’-new 2016 Subaru Forester, a vehicle as at home on the streets of Portland as it is in the wilds of neighboring Skamania County, Washington. (We really just wanted to type “Skamania” because it makes us think of thousands upon thousands of lumberjacks skanking to Bad Manners.) We digress! You want to know about Forester pricing! Read on, Multnomans, read on!
-A piddling $23,245 gets you the bare bones Forester 2.5i, with the 170-hp boxer four. As a basic thing, it’s not bad, offering a USB port, satellite radio, Bluetooth, a rearview camera, and one feature that’s awfully rare in the crossover market: a six-speed manual transmission with an honest-to-Saginaw clutch pedal. If, for some reason, your left foot has fallen off, you can add a CVT for a thousand bucks more.
-Step up to Subie’s Premium trim level and you’re looking at $26,645. Ponying up for the Premium gets you Subaru’s Starlink Multimedia Plus infotainment system with a 7.0-inch screen and multi-touch gesture controls! The base cars make do with a mere 6.2-inch screen. You also get 17-inch alloy wheels, a panoramic power sunroof, tinted rear glass, a reclining rear seatback, heated side-mirrors, and a windshield-wiper deicer. Add a CVT for only 500 bucks! Or save the 500 bucks. We’d save the 500 bucks. Alternatively, for $30,045, you can get a Premium with the 2.0-liter turbo specialty sports engine.
-Apparently, once you step into Limited territory, you’re the sort of fancy toff who can’t be bothered to shift for him or herself. In exchange for a CVT-only life, you receive all the goodness of the Premium model, plus perforated and leather-trimmed seats, leather on the tiller and shifter, fog lights, automatic climate control, and a power liftgate. The outlay? $29,645.
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For those who’ve gotta drive the fanciest Forester, Subie makes the Touring trim available. Featuring all of the goodness of the lesser CVT models, the Touring adds a 440-watt Harman/Kardon audio system, keyless entry and start, and a one-touch folding seatback. The price for all this finery is $31,645, or $34,645 if you opt for the turbocharged 2.0XT.
-Given Oregon’s paltry 65-mph speed limits, we might forego the turbo. After all, three grand will buy an awful lot of infused seitan, pickled kale, and vintage Profane Existence stickers.
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