Posted Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 10:21pm

Head to head: Subaru XV v Subaru Forester

From $28,490, plus on-road costs. 2.0-litre 4-cyl, 110kW/196Nm, 6-sp man or continuously variable transmission; 7.3L/100km and 168g/km CO2 (CVT: 7.0L/100km and 162g/km CO2); AWD