The Subaru Forester STI Sport is an all wheel drive motor car, with its engine mounted in the front, and a 5 door suv/sports utility vehicle bodyshell.
The 4 cylinder, double overhead camshaft turbocharged engine has 4 valves per cylinder and a volume of 1.8 litres. In this application it develops power and torque figures of 174.5 bhp (177 PS/130 kW) at 5200-5600 rpm and 300 Nm (221 lbft/30.6 kgm) at 1600-3600 rpm respectively.
The engine drives the wheels through an 8-step continuously variable transmission.
It weighs a stated 1570 kg at the kerb.
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