And an uglier front.

nah mate I was talking about the new one that looks tribeca' ish..... they have got rid of hill holder and put whats called hill hold assist, keeps the breaks on for 1 second after you take your foot off the brake and off the clutch and onto the accelorator.

Don't know where you heard that but no, got the Subaru spec sheets in front of me and the Manual does 0-100 in 7.1 and the auto 7.9

http://www.subaru.com.au/models/foreste … tions/all/
there is a link to the subaru spec website and they have these figures listed also

Speaking of factory nuggets, new ep. of Fifth Gear, they test the new wrx vs the vw golf gti.
It was nearly 2 seconds slower around their test track than the golf. They were disappointed.

Not to mention it looked like ass...

befour;121353 wrote:

My Boss got back from the Forester Launch yesterday, everything is great with the car, more comfortable, better handling etc....but the new XT is over 1 second slower then the old one from 0-100.... apparently its noticeable too and pretty annoying. there seems to be a minor weight difference between the outgoing model and the new model but nothing to constitute a 1.1 Second difference in the manual....why is this the case?
anyone got any idea's?

alexxx wrote:

you sure about the figures? i heard the new xt does 0-100 in under 6 sec!

CRUI5N;121547 wrote:

i wouldnt consider buying one till they fixed that damn ugly front.

Kevlar GT;121928 wrote:

Pop over to GTRydaz one day (when it is online - Ric) and check out the numerous +200kwatw "shopping carts". Not a fan at all of the new one and have to go as far as saying I prefer the original shape most. That is why I opted to buy the Lib than the XT.