“Famous flicks, Mr. Connery,” the fake Alex Trebek once said to the fake Scottish actor on SNL. The unspoken word in that long-ago sketch isn’t something you’d encourage your young kids to say, but it did help the career of many beloved stand-up comics.
Which brings us, oddly, to Subaru. The (predominantly) all-wheel-drive brand has crafted a very wholesome image of itself over the years, delighting children and seniors alike with its heavy use of canine actors in its ads. But there’s nothing wholesome about a vehicle that appeared this week at the Singapore Motor Show: the Forester Ultimate Customized Kit Special edition.
FUCKS, for short.
The jarringly customized Forester on display clearly wanted to get across that it gives none of those, as “edition” appeared in lowercase on the vehicle’s stand, positioned below the preceding words. Top Gear Philippines was the first to notice the brash vehicle’s rude name.
The new Subaru Forester F.U.C.K.S edition is… something pic.twitter.com/vLcAijFLQM
— laberge (@labergee) January 9, 2020
Before you get excited about the prospect of a lowered, blacked-out and tarted-up Forester appearing in a dealership near you, be it known that Subaru’s Asian media portals show no mention of this vehicle, meaning the only FUCKS you can expect to find at your local dealer are the smarmy salesman and the F&I guy pressuring you into a longer-term loan and an extended warranty.
By the looks of it, the would-be owner of this special Forester enjoys Monster energy drinks, vapes prolifically, has a closet full of flat-brimmed hats, and thinks the Rasputin beard fad is something worth continuing. An unfair stereotype, perhaps, but what else is one supposed to think when looking at this treatment? The pavement-rattling sound system sunk into the cargo floor tops it off.
Who bears responsibility for this naughty decision lurking in the Singapore Subaru booth? We don’t know, and frankly, we don’t particularly care.
All that said, the new-for-2019 Forester doesn’t look half bad with a reduced ground clearance and 20-inch hoops. It doesn’t look bad in stock form, either, and American consumers seem to think so, too. With 180,179 sales under its belt, last year proved to be the best in the Forester’s two-decade-long history.
[Image: Subaru]
Personalized license plates could be interesting on this vehicle.
” IT ”
” YOURMOM ”
” PANNUS “
Exactly zero, Forester Ultimate Customized Kit(s) were given.
Lol, you took the F.U.C.K.S. right out of my mouth
There’s not a round eye anywhere near a Japanese auto industry boardroom meeting? What about TRD?
I have zero to give.
Please don’t tell me there will be a STi edition. When the head gaskets fail it would be uh clapped out.
“When the head gaskets fail it would be uh clapped out.”
“Blown” head gaskets?
Yes!
Forester F.U.C.K.S STD Sport/Subaru Turbo/Touring Development/Diesel
See, this is why car manufacturers name their cars with random letters and numbers, so not to create some nasty name in some part of the world.
@ Fred
MR2 worked everywhere but France, apparently.
I was going to ask why, but then it dawned on me.
Exactly how much methamphetamine does it take to lower a Subaru and then slap on a Gremlin decal backwards?
I can’t wait until someone makes a “homophobic” Subaru joke out of some letters ITT.
Dogs, blind people and Tom Steyer approve that message.
And the editor blocked my comment on the Carlos Ghosn article about having his Nissan embroidered shirt to re-read – “Pi$$on Nissan” ! Hypocrite!
I don’t see anything on this Forester that is an improvement over the stock version.
They are trying to convert a Grannymobile into a wannabe ghettomobile for those who can afford the higher monthly payments.
(Grannymobile because my parents, who are now are in their eighties, bought a Forester last year.) It’s not a bad little car, actually. You could do a lot worse. This F.U.C.K.S. edition… is for those who really don’t know that 20 inch wheels are not an improvement.
It was famous titles, not famous flicks.
Amongst lesbians, the Forrester is the most driven motor. I know this cuz the Internet said…
And me mate Andy… He said it
“Before you get excited about the prospect of a lowered, blacked-out and tarted-up Forester appearing in a dealership near you, be it known that Subaru’s Asian media portals show no mention of this vehicle, meaning the only FUCKS you can expect to find at your local dealer are the smarmy salesman and the F&I guy pressuring you into a longer-term loan and an extended warranty.”
This is gold.