Bringing the 2016 Subaru Forester XT Premium and 2016 BMW X1 sDrive 20itogether for a head-to-head gunfight isn’t quite as left field as it might seem. Pricing is close – only $3610 between the starting prices – and both are positioned as affordable family SUVs at the smaller end of the scale. The fact that one of them – the X1 – is FWD hasn’t escaped us either.

So, side step the argument over whether a FWD is actually an SUV in the first place, and you have two similar takes on the same basic theory. Don’t worry about the X1 slotting into the ‘Small SUV’ segment, while the Forester is a step up in ‘Medium SUV’ either – the X1’s cabin is actually larger…

BMW’s promotional material will have you believe the German manufacturer has a mortgage on the ‘ultimate driving machine’ tag too, so the X1 has a lot to live up to. In that same vein, Subaru claims to build vehicles that are ‘all four the driver’, so the Forester needs to be as enjoyable to drive as it is sensibly packaged, and needs to match up to Subaru’s reputation for versatile, fit for purpose SUVs.
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