Subaru Forester tS
Subaru Forester tS Subaru Forester tS
Representatives of "Subaru" emphasized: the most juicy and colorful sound from the muffler (that's what the exhaust pipe with a diameter from the barrel of the gun was called at the presentation) appears at 5000 rpm. The roar really inspires respect.
Subaru Forester tS
WE WILL BE HARDER
The Japanese from Subaru compensate for the inability to deliver cars decorated with hieroglyphs to foreign markets with cunning reductions. Magic for fans of STI means (if anyone did not know) Subaru Tecnica International, and tS, added to the name "Forester", is tuned by STI.
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Connoisseurs of the brand will easily recognize and will certainly appreciate the new spoilers, leather seats and Alcantara with red stitching, STI logos generously scattered around the car, and a red engine start button. She looks a little intimidating, like a reminder: not sure - don't backwater.
To the left of the steering wheel is a frighteningly red engine start button
To the left of the steering wheel is a frighteningly red engine start button. To the left of the steering wheel is a frighteningly red engine start button.
There are, of course, changes and more serious. Under the hood is a flexible strut between the suspension struts. It dampens vibrations on irregularities, but most importantly, it compensates for body deformations that are not visible to the eye in corners, improving the steering response of the car.
Ground clearance was reduced by 15 mm (by the way, the remaining 200 mm is quite acceptable for a modern crossover). Of course, they changed the characteristics of the shock absorbers, the stiffness of the springs increased by about 30%. Silent blocks of the suspension arms, stabilizers, and front cross member are reinforced. By reducing the amplitude of the engine’s oscillations, they slightly increased the directional stability of the Forester. Improvements to the rear suspension aimed at increasing the stiffness of the mounting of the cross member to the body.
One of the undoubted advantages of the car is its excellent dynamics
One of the undoubted advantages of the car is its excellent dynamics. One of the undoubted advantages of the car is its excellent dynamics.
All these rather serious engineering improvements were put on 17-inch wheels with gold-colored wheels. The ironic smiles and replicas of the Subarovts retort: fans of the brand, remembering the rally victories of blue-gold cars, are very important. I believe.
FROM FOREST - ON THE TRACK
Without a doubt, the Subaru-Forester tS is one of the most sporty crossovers in the world. A sharp pressure on the accelerator pedal of a car that is already driving at far from childish speed gives it fierce acceleration with a slight squat on the rear wheels. I think the passport 6.5 s required by a car with a 236-horsepower 2.5-liter engine to reach 100 km / h is quite realistic. Equally confident and effective crossover slows down. In order not to fool the head of an automatic transmission, whose calling is still not a race, it is convenient to use the petals under the wheel: on the tS version they are included in the basic package.
In sharp turns, banks do not let you forget that you are driving a crossover, albeit a sports one
In sharp turns, banks do not let you forget that you are driving a crossover, albeit a sports one. In sharp turns, banks do not let you forget that you are driving a crossover, albeit a sports one.
And yet he is a fast crossover, not a sports car. Behind the turn of the steering wheel follows willingly, but the effort at the helm seemed not enough, and the rolls in the turns (despite all the efforts of respected Japanese engineers), on the contrary, are too big.
Before I tried the Forester, I had a chance to grab the Subaru-BRZ along the highway (we already wrote about the Toyota-GT 86 double; see, in particular, ЗР, 2012, No. 5, 9). But this is really a thoroughbred coupe, which “Forester” cannot compete with in racing disciplines.
Devices, as, however, and everything else, are tuned for combat use of the car
Devices, as, however, and everything else, are tuned for combat use of the car. Devices, as, however, and everything else, are tuned for combat use of the car.
Tuned cars are designed, as a rule, not for the faint of heart. The price of "Forester tS" is corresponding - 2 130 000 rubles. This is how it is necessary to love the Subaru! But the hottest and most loyal fans of the brand may spur that only 99 such cars will be sold in Russia (the hundredth, probably, was rolled out for a journalistic presentation). To look like very few, to have a crossover with really outstanding handling for this class and enjoy the sound from an exclusive muffler will have to fork out seriously. But waiting for another would be naive.
