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Consumers Digest Names Subaru Forester a `Best Buy'

4 December 1997

Consumers Digest Names Subaru Forester a `Best Buy'

    CHERRY HILL, N.J., Dec. 4 -- Consumers Digest named the
Subaru Forester a "Best Buy" in the sport-utility segment of the 1998 Annual
Buying Guide issue of Consumers Digest Magazine.
    Forester, the newest Subaru hybrid vehicle, combines the freedom,
ruggedness and usefulness of a sport-utility with the ease, comfort and
drivability of a passenger car.  Like all Subaru vehicles sold in the United
States, the Forester is equipped with full-time all-wheel drive.
    Consumers Digest defines a "Best Buy" as a product that offers outstanding
value for its price.  A "Best Buy" is a nationally available product
identified by Consumers Digest as a great value in the marketplace.  "Best
Buy" recommendations are based on criteria derived from at least three of the
following: (1) independent testing and research studies, (2) Consumers Digest
reader and other surveys, (3) previously published evaluations in books,
magazines, newspapers, newsletters, etc., (4) retail dealers, including
service departments, (5) other independent sources, and (6) personal
(hands-on) evaluation by the authors.
    Subaru of America, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fuji Heavy
Industries Ltd. of Japan.  Headquartered near Philadelphia, the company
markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a
network of nearly 630 franchised dealers across the United States.  All Legacy
models sold in the U.S., including the Outback, are produced at the company's
American manufacturing plant, Subaru-Isuzu Automotive, Inc., near Lafayette,
Ind.

SOURCE  Subaru of America, Inc.