2016 Subaru Forester tS – Price, Features and Specifications

Subaru Australia has announced its performance-SUV, the Forester tS, will arrive in June with a pricetag of $54,990 (plus on-road costs), a $7000 premium over the Forester XT Premium that it is based upon.

However unlike its cosmetically identical Japanese-market counterpart, the Australian Subaru Forester tS doesn’t get any form of power upgrade and produces the same 177kW and 350Nm outputs as the Forester XT. In Japan, the Forester tS makes a more muscular 206kW and 350Nm from its turbo 2.0.

But while the engine doesn’t score any tweaks, the suspension, brakes and chassis do. The Forester’s frame is reinforced with STI strut tower bars, an STI rear subframe support and a set of STI “draw stiffeners”, while the springs are 15mm lower and matched with STI-tuned dampers.