![]() ![]() ![]() These are cars that haul people and goods through all sorts of weather, are not gas-guzzlers, do not threaten other drivers with their bulk, yet offer at least a touch of the utility of their larger brethren. If there can be said to exist 'politically correct' SUVs, the popular Forester, which accounts for nearly a quarter of Subaru’s 175,000 annual sales, would stand square in their midst. They are not the folks who would buy this week’s test car, the 2003 Subaru Forester XTS, a capable, dependable, roomy box of a car. That’s why the rally-inspired WRX was brought to these shores and why — hold on to your seats here — a 300 horsepower version of the WRX is coming soon to a showroom near you. Beloved for its utility and its full-line all-wheel-drive systems in regions where the snow flies and ice forms on the roads, the company needs a new edge where the roads stay dry and weather isn’t a seasonal challenge. ![]() Subaru is reaching for power — turbocharged power — in an effort to broaden its national appeal. How to praise a car when a powerful alternative waits in the wings? ![]()
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