• The Fairfax automotive website Drive.com.au announced recently that Forester has won its People's Choice Award. Drive.com.au said: "Subaru's Forester compact 4WD has halted the Holden Commodore's run of popularity in Drive's People's Choice award. Thousands of Drive.com.au readers voted the new-generation version of the Japanese softroader their favourite vehicle out of the 42 vehicles comprising Drive's 2008 Car of the Year field."