Subaru Forester X
In 1972 Fuji Heavy Industries first started making a quirky looking 4WD station wagon with a 1.4 litre engine.
Its boxy shape and pillar-less doors reminded me of a car made of left-over body parts which might have been designed by Mary Shelley. Read More
Buying a safe second-hand car
In last month’s column we looked at the intrinsic safety of the all wheel drive Subaru Forester and some of the physics behind its five-star ANCAP safety rating. But for those of us without the cash for a new car wouldn’t it be a good idea to gather the data from millions of crashes and pick up a used car that has earned its reputation in the real world rather than in a controlled laboratory crash.
Since 1987 the Monash University Accident Research Centre has collected the data on 349 different models involved in over 3.2 million crashes in Australia and New Zealand and the most recent results are now available and worth a read. Read More »