It's Confirmed: Subaru Is Bringing The Forester E-Boxer To The Philippines

Motor Image, the exclusive distributor of Subaru vehicles across eleven markets inwards Asia has confirmed: they are bringing the Forester e-BOXER to the Philippines. This movement makes Subaru the commencement construct to offering a mainstream gasoline-electric hybrid SUV.

The Forester e-BOXER pairs a 145-horsepower, 196 Nm of torque 2.0-liter direct-injection engine amongst a 13.5-horsepower, 66 Nm of torque electrical motor. With that, it’s highly efficient amongst a city/highway fuel consumption figure of 14.92 km/L (read to a greater extent than nigh the e-BOXER engine).

With electrification built into the blueprint of the Subaru Global Platform, engineers were able to house the electrical motor together with the battery along the car’s key axis, keeping the treatment characteristics of the Forester e-BOXER roughly its conventionally-powered sibling. Furthermore, the compact-sized electrical motor together with lithium-ion battery keeps the luggage compartment at a generous 509 liters.

More than simply increased efficiency, the e-BOXER arrangement enhances the Forester’s performance, too. With a particular X-MODE system, Motor Assist (gasoline engine + electrical motor) activates from 0 km/h helping drivers tackle the trickiest of terrains.

According to Mr. Glenn Tan, Deputy Chairman together with Managing Director of Tan Chong International, the raise society of Motor Image, the Forester e-BOXER launches inwards the 3rd quarter of 2020. Pricing together with concluding specifications volition live on revealed closer to the launch date.