Just an AdBlue Tank Away
By Erin Riches, Senior Editor Email
Date posted: 09-18-2008
Ordinarily, the only reason to go to Velden am Wörther See, Austria, is to luxuriate in one of the opulent hotels lining the lakeside, and stamina permitting, paddle out a bit in a solid teak rowboat. But today our attention turns to the highly practical matter of the 2009 Subaru Forester 2.0D — you know, the Subaru Forester Diesel.
If you're coming from the U.S., the only easy way into Velden is to fly into Slovenia and drive across the border. Even through a fog of jet lag, we can't stop staring at the green hillsides, snow-dusted mountaintops and brightly painted apartment blocks along the way. In spite of all this breathtaking beauty, it's funny to think we've come this far to drive the diesel Subaru Forester, an unassuming compact SUV engineered in Japan.
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