Sub­aru has part­nered with out­door gear com­pany Colum­bia to pro­duce the Sub­aru Forester X Colum­bia lim­ited edition.

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Start­ing at $33, 990, the Colum­bia gains a few upgrades over the stan­dard Forester, includ­ing 16″ alloy wheels, fog lights, roof cross bars, rear step panel, cargo tray and a $500 voucher for Colum­bia mer­chan­dise. Notably the 2010 Colum­bia is miss­ing a sun­roof and heated seats which were present on the 2007 incarnation.

Ini­tially 1050 Columbia’s will be avail­able from today.

PRESS RELEASE:

01 Jan 2010
Spe­cial edi­tion Forester X Columbia

Sub­aru has part­nered with global sports­wear com­pany, Colum­bia, to pro­duce a new spe­cial edi­tion – the Forester X Columbia.

Australia’s best sell­ing SUV, the Forester, adds an exten­sive list of extras and is priced from just $33,990 driveaway.

Forester X Colum­bia is ready for week­end adven­tures adding 16-​​inch alloy wheels, fog lights, roof cross bars, cargo tray and rear step panel.

Spe­cial edi­tion badg­ing is also added and cus­tomers receive a $500 voucher to spend on Colum­bia merchandise.

Avail­able in both man­ual and auto­matic trans­mis­sions, this spe­cial edi­tion is avail­able in all Forester colours.

Only 1050 are avail­able, and are priced at $33,990 dri­ve­away for the man­ual and $35,990 for the automatic.

Stan­dard Forester fea­tures include:

  • ABS brakes with EBD
  • Airbags — dual front, side and curtain
  • Air-​​conditioning
  • All-​​Wheel Drive
  • AM/​FM radio/​CD player
  • Data­Dot secu­rity system
  • Elec­tronic throt­tle con­trol system
  • Head­lights auto off
  • Hill holder (man­ual only)
  • Immo­biliser secu­rity system
  • Power steer­ing, mir­rors and windows
  • Three year/​unlimited kilo­me­tre warranty


Nick Senior, Man­ag­ing Direc­tor, Sub­aru Aus­tralia, said: “Forester is the highest-​​selling SUV in the coun­try and is per­fectly suited to the Aus­tralian lifestyle.

“It’s a nat­ural fit to part­ner with Colum­bia and we think this spe­cial edi­tion offers cus­tomers a fan­tas­tic recre­ational pack­age at a very com­pet­i­tive price.”

The Forester X Colum­bia is on sale from 4 Jan­u­ary 2010.

About Sub­aru

Every Sub­aru sold in Aus­tralia fea­tures Sym­met­ri­cal All-​​Wheel Drive and a hor­i­zon­tally opposed boxer engine, stan­dard Vehi­cle Dynam­ics Con­trol elec­tronic sta­bil­ity pro­gram, and a five-​​star rat­ing for occu­pant safety from the inde­pen­dent Aus­tralasian New Car Assess­ment Pro­gram (ANCAP). The result – dri­ving confidence.

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