I am also looking at forester 2.0ip...only concern would it be underpower.
But the salesperson says the AWD is more powerful compared to xtrail, crv and cx5...
becoz the power is channel to all wheel
sometime i also wonder if saleperson just say for the sake of sales only.
anybody can clarifies...

Go dyno your car when you get it
Maybe they feel sorry for the delay of delivery and give you wrx s4

Well the awd is one of the best budget awd out there
If you compare to awd from xtrail, and those korean cars, not only subaru awd beat them off road, it beat them on highway also

But if you compare subaru awd to premium awd like quattro from audi and 4matic from merc, i have no idea

Also you need to know the difference between awd and 4wd

The reason being mechanical 4wds are purely for low speed off road, i owned both , my ranger wildtrak is a 4wd while my subaru is an awd

My ranger most of the time are running on 2 wheel drive only, even if i switch the 4wd on, it will auto off after reaching highspeed, 4wd is just for low speed off road, only for that

As for subaru awd, it was on all the time, from 1kmh all the way to 200kmh, the usage of awd is to give you all weather traction, so you get better traction in snow, in rain, mud, sand etc etc, not saying you should speed when raining but yeah it does give you the extra traction you need, it also translate to safer driving in harsh condition

Ask the salesman whether that suv u want is awd or 4wd, becos some people buy a 4wd suv and dont realise they actually driving on 2wd mode all the time lol

This post has been edited by Subang Nuclear Reactor: Sep 2 2016, 06:26 PM

Bro, please test drive all 2.0 same AWD category and compare.. If you test drive CRV 2.0 4WD and compare to Forester AWD you will felt weired why Honda CRV 2.0 still ppl want to buy...

Boxer engine front end torque is the best, but in term of HP CX-5 is the highest..

AWD is not powerful, but more towards distributing the power efficiently to 4 wheels equally compare to FWD and may save your life during emergency or need to do some off road session.. Subaru X-mode got hill descent function & off road function which most expensive suv like land cruiser, land rover, bmw only got this.. So you pay less and get the best AWD function in this car segment!

For me X-trail 2.0 (Big no no! Only 2 air-bags!) & CRV 2.0 4WD (4 Air-bags only and the most sluggish!) already out of the league.. Current top player this segment for 2.0 is Forester and CX-5..

People world wide now always compare Subaru AWD & Audi Quattro, due to recent bad news of Mitsubishi (Mitsubishi EVO 4WD also legend).. Most people already left out of it..

Forester and outback got the X-Mode which is the best light off-road AWD system Subaru can offer now which is simple to use compare to other competitors.

While those sport car like WRX, STI they got another AWD which is torque vectoring which is also use by Audi & Mitsubishi performance car..

If hardcore off-road 4WD, the best is either Jeep or Land Rover..

This post has been edited by littlefire: Sep 2 2016, 07:04 PM

i test drove forester after driving my XV and i m surprised it didn't feel sluggish at all considering the heavier body. i think i will b having a tough time deciding between the 2 now.

I'm in the same spot as u. Was going to take i-P but the SA told me the rebate on 2.0i.....Now depends on hm to approve only..

May i know what is your sa price for 2.0i and 2.0ip after rebate?

Same as urs

but i-P after rebate he quoted RM147500. Just 11.5k rebate

How about 2.0i? The lowest I heard is 118

How about 2.0i?

Go for 2.0P , very worth it...
all the additional accesories alone is worth 20k
resale value would be higher too for 2.0P

Totally agree... i am waiting for year end rebate.

I think it's very hard to get the fuel consumption they quoted, best u can get should be around 10-13km/L

Real time driving for me 2.0i-P average is around 9L/100km..

The fuel consumption is based from the JC08 which is a formula set by Japanese Gov for standard fuel saving rating, you may google regarding JC08 test..

I can only get about 7.7km/L or 13L/100km on mine XV for 100% city drive (btw mine clocked under 1,000 km, maybe engine belum seasons lagi). Mine other car can get almost double the figures easily at 15km/L or 6.7L/100km ... with only 1200cc & 850kg lah

This post has been edited by clickNsnap: Sep 5 2016, 09:13 AM

really subjective. a friend of mine (which is the reason why i bought this XV ), get more than 700km for his subaru xv. mileage around 50k km.
route: JB-KL via plus highway and some around KL highway.

surprise.. and he never use auto cruise until i showed him how to

Yup, i notice Subaru XV and forester is very efficient when cruising at highway speed, especially 110km/h.. Yesterday manage to clock 7.7L/100km 80% highway driving on the Forester 2.0i-P!

as for my 3000km old xv, my full tank of fuel, is around 500km only thats half highway half KL.

i notice that subaru now using shell engine oil