80% of Subaru UK Customers to Avoid VAT Hike

COLESHILL, UNITED KINGDOM – January 4, 2010: Unlike most car companies, Subaru UK will not be passing on January’s VAT (Value Added Tax) increase to the majority of its customers. Rather, the All-Wheel-Drive Japanese manufacturer is to absorb the 2.5 per cent rise in sales duty itself in most cases.

This means that prices for 80 per cent of the Subaru range* will remain unchanged for 2011. For example, the Forester SUV range will still start at £21,295 for the entry level 2.0X and rise to £28,995 for 2.0D XS NavPlus. The Legacy Tourer range will cost from £24,795 (2.0D S) to £29,295 (2.5i SE Navplus Lineartronic). Crossover Outback models will continue to be priced at £26,795 for 2.0D S, rising to £35,795 for the top-of-the-range 3.6R.

Elsewhere, the recently launched 2011MY STI WRX stays at £32,995 (for both the four and five-door) and the last remaining few Cosworth Impreza STI CS400 models are still priced at £49,995.

Subaru UK Marketing Director, Kenyon Neads, commented: “For the vast majority of our customers the decision not to pass on the VAT rise is great news, particularly anyone in the market for a Forester, Legacy, Outback or WRX STI Type UK.”