ID this burglary vehicle - help please?
ID this burglary vehicle - help please?
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cartart

Original Poster:

326 posts

260 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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Trying to ID this possibly silver SUV driving off from shed/garage burglary.

We have homed in on maybe an early 2000's Subaru Forester perhaps?

Styling cues we can see are: Glass sunroof, distinctive roof ribs, side bars, side bulge on bonnet (no air scoop so not XT) headlight style of that era?

Many thanks








MattOz

4,021 posts

294 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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It does look like a 2000 model year Forester.

interstellar

5,086 posts

176 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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I looked at the pic and not your text first and thought Subaru forester.

cartart

Original Poster:

326 posts

260 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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Thank you - I will check back in shortly

Fr0dders

216 posts

254 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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Grill looks wrong for a forester for me.

Forester grill of that period is more in an M shape where it's wider at the bottom than at the top. That grill is a W shape where it's wider at the top than at the bottom

Looks more like a Mitsubihi Shogun grille to me:

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mitsubishi/shogun/20...

Forester grill is the other way

https://www.parkers.co.uk/subaru/forester/estate-2...


  • EDIT* shogun has those roof strakes as well:
https://www.glynhopkinpartsonline.co.uk/products/m...

Edited by Fr0dders on Tuesday 10th September 17:24

Feirny

2,948 posts

177 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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My initial thoughts are Suzuki Vitara.

Skyrocket21

789 posts

72 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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My first thought was a Volvo 240 era then a Ssangyong Kyron, the roof dimples above the windscreen will give it away, some older Korean SUV thing an early Kia Sportage 2005'ish etc

123DWA

1,439 posts

133 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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Looks like a Shogun Pinin to me

QuickQuack

2,836 posts

131 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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Feirny said:
My initial thoughts are Suzuki Vitara.
Same as me, instant thought was Grand Vitara. I'll check out some of the others, but I still think Grand Vitara.

Pebbles167

4,598 posts

182 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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Shogun I reckon, or maybe a gen 1 Nissan X trail.

Krikkit

27,938 posts

211 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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The square arches and then roof reinforcement flutes with the sunroof should help narrow it down, I'd say probably Grand Vitara.



Edited by Krikkit on Tuesday 10th September 17:36

cartart

Original Poster:

326 posts

260 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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I can post the small video if it's allowed?

QuickQuack

2,836 posts

131 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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QuickQuack said:
Feirny said:
My initial thoughts are Suzuki Vitara.
Same as me, instant thought was Grand Vitara. I'll check out some of the others, but I still think Grand Vitara.
Specifically, this model year:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202408313...


QuickQuack

2,836 posts

131 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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cartart said:
I can post the small video if it's allowed?
Go for it.

bennno

15,272 posts

299 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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cartart said:
I can post the small video if it's allowed?
stick video on youtube - post link

Hub

7,151 posts

228 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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It looks like a first gen Nissan X Trail to me

MustangGT

13,846 posts

310 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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QuickQuack said:
Same as me, instant thought was Grand Vitara. I'll check out some of the others, but I still think Grand Vitara.
Same here.

cartart

Original Poster:

326 posts

260 months

Tuesday 10th September 2024
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bennno said:
cartart said:
I can post the small video if it's allowed?
stick video on youtube - post link
OK - 1st thing tmoz, cheers all

Skyrocket21

789 posts

72 months

Wednesday 11th September 2024
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I'd like to add these two to the list because I saw them today and they both have roof ribs, I think your cctv is distorting the side profile,
Kia Sportage from 2010 era, massive chunky C pillar and roof ribs,
Mitsubishi Outlander, first generation, there is a facelift and the Peugeot 4007, the headlights look quite angled.
From the side profile I think it's distorted the C pillar swaps around it does look like a chunky style Suzuki Vitara etc,
I'd go with these two, probably more so the Sportage because of the grill and chunky C pillar, the roof bars look more like the Mitsubishi.



Gericho

608 posts

33 months

Wednesday 11th September 2024
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If its not a Subaru Forestor then it might be a Suzuki Grand Vitara