You could argue that the Forester, and more generally Subaru, has lost its mojo. From making slightly oddball cars and SUVs, including high-performance turbocharged ones, they’re now as safe as vanilla in a Baskin-Robbins shop. The fifth-generation Forester, the SK as it’s known by its model code, is notorious for being the blandest of them all. About as exciting as watching two people play Scrabble, at least it was competent at the typical family SUV stuff. This brings us to the all-new Forester, or the SL if you tend to call Subarus by their model code. It’s still as innocuous as ever, but it now boasts of quality ingredients. Yes, it’s still every bit the vanilla ice cream, but this is one of those sea salt Tahitian vanilla variety.
