BREAK AWAY ENGINE
Every Subaru goes above and beyond common practice
when it comes to your safety. In the event of a head-on
collision, the SUBARU BOXER® engine and gearbox are
driven under the front seat occupants and away from the
cabin for your protection.
RING-SHAPED REINFORCEMENT FRAMES
The Ring-Shaped Reinforcement Frames strengthen the
passenger cabin from the roof to the doors, pillars and
floor. This design helps to divert and dissipate impact
energy away from the occupants in a collision. The front
crumple zone is integral to the frame.
PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION
SEATS, SEATBELTS AND SRS1 AIRBAGS
Standard on every Forester are front, front side, driver’s knee
and side-curtain SRS1 airbags, as well as height-adjustable
front seatbelts with pretensioners to hold occupants firmly
in place, and load limiters that ease peak forces to the chest.
Whiplash reducing front seats automatically move in a rear
collision for better support of the head and neck.
Forester was designed with the objec tive of providing a high level of pedestrian
protection. Shock-absorbing space between the hood and engine helps to reduce
pedestrian injury in an accident, as do an energy-absorbing front bumper and a specially
designed area around the windshield wipers.
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