The Subaru Forester has been named the carsales.com.au website Car of the Year for 2003 in the SUV Compact Segment.

Forester won the award on the basis of the number of sales enquiries generated by visitors to the website during the year.

It was the most popular in its category.According to website tracking services RedSheriff and Hitwise, carsales.com.au was Australia's number one automotive website in November/December 2003 and January 2004.

carsales.com.au carries extensive vehicle information including specification photographs special offers and reviews.