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Boxer Engine Meets Battery: Subaru's Boxy Beauty · In Wheel Time Podcast

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  Speaker 2: Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast, a 30-minute mini version of the In Wheel Time Car Show that airs live every Saturday morning at 11 am.
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  Speaker 1: Central.
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  Speaker 1: Let's do the car review.
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  Speaker 1: Did you want to do something else?
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  Speaker 2: No, I was looking.
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  Speaker 2: No, we'll go ahead and do what's on tap.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, your review.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, sir, we could do that.
• 0:21
  Speaker 2: I apologize, don.
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  Speaker 1: You're out, you, sir, you don't know what's going on over there, he just needs to go outside and chill or something.
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  Speaker 1: All right, here's my review of the 2025 Subaru Forester Final assembly.
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  Speaker 1: Location Gunma, japan.
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: Never heard of it, but it's kind of like Goomba.
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  Speaker 1: But this is Gunma.
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  Speaker 1: It was down G-U-N-M-A, japan, down the street from Goomba yeah, goomba.
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  Speaker 1: Available trim levels and there's a bunch of them and I'll tell you why in a minute.
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  Speaker 1: Base premium sport, wilderness.
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  Speaker 1: Premium hybrid.
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  Speaker 1: Limited sport hybrid.
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  Speaker 1: Limited hybrid, touring, touring hybrid.
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  Speaker 1: I had the Premium Hybrid Nice.
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  Speaker 1: What Subaru does is they package all of the popular things that people like and they sell it that way.
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  Speaker 1: And you'll notice when I give you the price up here, that there's not much difference between the price and the option, because the options are included in the trim level.
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  Speaker 1: All right, small SUV seats.
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  Speaker 1: Five exterior changes from last model year, mostly new.
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  Speaker 1: Some trims carry over, particularly on the interior.
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  Speaker 1: So this is a transition year.
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  Speaker 1: Hybrids are new for 2025.
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  Speaker 1: What Exterior features?
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  Speaker 1: Boxy, upright greenhouse Looks tall if you're standing outside of it.
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  Speaker 1: Depending on the trim level, it can appear sophisticated or off-road, rugged, depending on the trim level.
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  Speaker 1: Attractive, proportionate-sized grille With high-mounted headlights.
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  Speaker 1: Nicely designed taillights with a not overdone hatch.
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  Speaker 1: That's always good.
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  Speaker 1: So many of these manufacturers dress the back end of it up.
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  Speaker 1: They overdo it.
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  Speaker 1: Chrome creases, all that sort of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: This is not that what I like.
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  Speaker 1: The overall marks of the overall vehicle look on the exterior gets high marks, very distinctive looking, what could use improvement.
• 2:36
  Speaker 1: I don't know you either like it or you don't like it.
• 2:38
  Speaker 1: The overall vehicle look on the exterior gets high marks, very distinctive looking, what could use improvement.
• 2:41
  Speaker 1: I don't know you either like it or you don't like it.
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  Speaker 1: I liked it.
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  Speaker 1: Interior highlights Vertically mounted built-in infotainment screen with easy-to-understand functions.
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  Speaker 1: Comfortable, breathable seating.
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  Speaker 1: Some trim levels have updated dash designs, as I mentioned.
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  Speaker 1: Rugged floor liners included in the cargo area.
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  Speaker 1: Cargo room is large for this sized SUV, but I liked well-thought-out design and materials.
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  Speaker 1: Again, we could use improvement.
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  Speaker 1: Not the engine is a 2.5 liter four-cylinder boxer-style engine.
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  Speaker 1: Horsepower total horsepower, with the battery helper 194 horsepower.
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  Speaker 1: Transmission is a CVT with a six-speed manual shift mode.
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  Speaker 1: Toe rating 1,500 pounds.
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  Speaker 1: This is perfect for a small camping trailer, one of those trailers that you put all your junk in.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, for a small camping trailer, one of those trailers that you put all your junk in.
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  Speaker 1: 1,500 pounds isn't a lot, but it'll hold the tent, the chairs, swimsuits, whatever you got.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, it's made for you, that's what this is made for 35 miles per gallon in the city 34 highway for a combined of 35.
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  Speaker 1: I got 30 over 425.5 miles.
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  Speaker 1: What I like about it the mileage Over 425.5 miles.
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  Speaker 1: What I liked about it the mileage.
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  Speaker 1: 581 mile range on a 16-gallon fuel tank.
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  Speaker 1: That's pretty good, you're darn right.
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  Speaker 1: What could use improvement?
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  Speaker 1: The start-stop feature needs to go away on every vehicle known to man, including this one.
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  Speaker 1: Ride and handling nice, considering its off-road pedigree and capability.
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  Speaker 1: What could you use improvement?
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  Speaker 1: Nothing.
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  Speaker 1: This is a well-sorted vehicle If you're into a car that you can use in the city and take it off-road, go camping, go fishing with it.
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  Speaker 1: This is the one Base price for the gasoline version, which I did not have.
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  Speaker 1: But base price for the gasoline version $29,995.
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  Speaker 1: Price as tested $36,415.
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  Speaker 1: But remember where the trim level lies in this.
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  Speaker 1: I had the middle one Base model price $34,995.
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  Speaker 2: The $1,500 prompt is not for the actual accessories that come with the trim level.
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  Speaker 1: It's for shipping and handling Competitors to the vehicle.
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  Speaker 1: It's not for the actual accessories.
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  Speaker 1: It's for shipping and handling.
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  Speaker 1: Oh man, competitors to the vehicle the Mazda CX-50 Hybrid 35970,.
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  Speaker 1: The Honda CR-V, which is a fuel cell vehicle 51-350,.
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  Speaker 1: Or the Ford Bronco Sport gasoline model $30,995.
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  Speaker 1: When it comes to hybrids, there aren't a lot that compete against it and I think that that's where they kind of slid in there and they have the market on this.
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  Speaker 1: I think the range piques the interest.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: This is one of those vehicles that you can drive back and forth to work.
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  Speaker 1: You can go to the grocery store, go to church and then, if you've got a weekend off and you want to go hunting, fishing, go to church and then, if you've got a weekend off and you want to go hunting, fishing, camping, whatever, pull that little bitty trailer behind you with all your junk in it.
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  Speaker 2: You've got room for the family and the kids and their luggage inside and then put a Yakima rack on it, the colder, the luggage holder, all that stuff.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't that a beast, a wildebeest or something?
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  Speaker 1: Or Yakima?
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  Speaker 2: Yakima.
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  Speaker 2: It's up in Seattle or Oregon.
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  Speaker 2: It's up in Seattle or Oregon.
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  Speaker 2: They're made up there.
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  Speaker 2: That's a city, yeah, but they're made up in that area.
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  Speaker 2: Oh okay, yeah, that is from there.
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  Speaker 2: We put a Lillian Fowles note on all that stuff.
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  Speaker 2: I had a sister-in-law that had a Subaru.
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  Speaker 2: She loved it and somebody crashed into it and ruined it.
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  Speaker 1: That was the end of that, yeah 12.3-inch full digital instrument cluster, the 11.6 inch Subaru multimedia touchscreen with navigation.
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  Speaker 1: It's got a lot going for it.
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  Speaker 1: And the price remember now, this one was the middle of the road.
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  Speaker 2: You're in the 36-38 range.
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  Speaker 2: It's under $40.
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  Speaker 1: The average price for all vehicles today is just a tick under $50,000.
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  Speaker 1: That little Corolla thing that I've got out there, the GR, let me guess 52.
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  Speaker 1: 50.
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  Speaker 1: 50 is the sticker on it, I guess.
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  Speaker 2: I didn't win that one.
• 6:46
  Speaker 1: You came close, you're close.
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  Speaker 1: Say what you will and you hear rumors going around.
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  Speaker 1: People call them names and all that sort of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: They've always had that reputation.
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  Speaker 2: Let's not forget, they had a thing called the WRX.
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  Speaker 1: I think they still have it WRX STI.
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  Speaker 2: It was one of the fastest production cars yeah, a four-door sedan.
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  Speaker 1: that was bad to the bone.
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  Speaker 1: It went real fast and it went around corners real fast.
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  Speaker 1: They know how to make performance, so you can't blow them out the water just because they make SUVs.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you can't ignore them.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly them out the water.
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  Speaker 2: Just because they make SUVs, you can't ignore them.
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  Speaker 2: Didn't BMW make a 731 or 731i?
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  Speaker 2: That was ungodly fast.
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  Speaker 2: I can't remember what year it was.
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  Speaker 2: I think it was like the 90s, maybe early 2000s.
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  Speaker 2: It was a monster race car, but it was a BMW 735, 731i I think it was.
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  Speaker 2: Correct me if I'm wrong, it's out there, yep, yep.
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  Speaker 1: All right, that's it for this podcast episode of the In Wheel Time Car Show.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Don Armstrong, inviting you to join us for our live show every Saturday morning on Facebook, youtube Twitch and our InWheelTimecom website YouTube Twitch and our InWheelTimecom website.
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  Speaker 1: No-transcript.