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Let your journeys take you farther than ever in the 2024 Subaru Forester Wilderness. Featuring enhanced off-road capability, rugged style to stand up to rough trails, and retuned safety technology to match an increased 9.2 inches of ground clearance, the Forester Wilderness is built for your boldest adventures.
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Dec 16, 2021 · The Forester Wilderness is a new trim level that adds a suspension lift, all-terrain tires, and other mods to the Forester's off-road credentials. It costs more than the Forester Premium, but it has a quicker and more powerful engine, and it has a trucklike appearance with raised white-letter tires and fog lights.
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The Forester Wilderness, powered by a version of Subaru's 2.5-liter flat-four, puts down 182 hp and 176 lb-ft of torque. No surprises here, as this is the only powerplant for the Forester—and not a real exciting one at that. It's backed by Subaru's Lineartronic continuously variable transmission with a virtual eight-speed manual mode. The CVT has a...
The Forester Wilderness accelerated with good traction from 0 to 60 mph in 8.1 seconds, the lower launch ratio helping shave 0.2 second off a previously tested Forester Limited trim's time. The Forester Wilderness was alsoquicker than the Toyota RAV4 TRD Off-Road (equipped with a 203-hp, 184-lb-ft of torque 2.5-liter I-4), which clicked a time of 8...
The Subaru Forester was no STI onMotorTrend's figure-eight course, but "overall, it was not embarrassing in the least and put down a respectable performance," said road test editor Chris Walton, who was pleasantly surprised by its poise and polish. On the figure eight—which evaluates acceleration, handling, braking and the transitions in between th...
The main 2022 Subaru Forester is EPA rated at 26/33 mpg city/highway,the Wilderness amuchlower 25/28 mpg rating. That's a huge 5-mpg hit on the highway (and a forgivable 1 mpg in the city). Worse yet, our time behind the wheel averaged 22.0 mpg, and we weren't exactly flogging on itor off-roading. That's a pretty poor showing from the same four-cyl...
If you're coming out of a full-size truck or SUV, the Forester Wilderness drives small and nimble (because it is), and it doesn't take much time to get comfortable in the cabin. However, despite its small size, the inside feels rather spacious and un-cramped. The rear doors opened nice and wide, allowing us to jam two large car seats in the back wi...
All in all, the 2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness was a blast behind the wheel. We'd throw on a rooftop tent immediately and hit the wilderness, calling this our reasonable (and at $34,414, reasonably priced) on- and off-road vehicle. We'd then consider a little more lift and some beefier tires—and probably go too far on the overland theme. We can th...
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Oct 25, 2021 · The Forester Wilderness is a new off-road focused model with improved ground clearance, tires, suspension, and towing capacity. Read our first drive impressions of the Forester Wilderness on Central Oregon's forest roads, where it handled ruts, rocks, mud, and snow with ease.
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- Christian Seabaugh
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Jan 20, 2022 · The Wilderness is a new off-road-themed trim level of the Forester, with more ground clearance, towing capacity and gearing. Read our expert's take on its features, performance and comparison with other trims.
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Oct 25, 2021 · The Forester Wilderness is a new trim level that offers more clearance, traction, and features for overlanding and off-road driving. It has a wider range of gears, a front camera, and a 3000-pound tow rating, but it also has a middling engine and a dull ride on pavement.
