2018 Subaru Forester Base
Vehicle Details
Base
North Salt Lake, UT 84054
Reported title-brand history on this vehicle (salvage, 1 accident). OAV indicator from reported history events — not an official title or NMVTIS report.
Is this 2018 Subaru Forester Base a good deal?
OAV verdict: Fair Price
Why: Listed at $12,990, comparable market range $9,900–$16,990, based on 10 comparable listings. Days on lot: 66 days (market average 82 days).
Market price position
$12,990 · within market range
- Comparable range
- $9,900 – $16,990
- vs. market
- $3,090 above low · $4,000 below high
- Comparable vehicles
- 10
Market Retail Price (MRP™)
$13,445This vehicle $12,990 · $455 (3%) below MRP
MRP™ is the midpoint of the comparable market range — the representative price the market is asking for similar vehicles. How MRP works.
True Retail Value (TRV™)
$18,000This vehicle $12,990 · $5,010 (28%) below TRV
TRV™ is the average paid price for cars like this in the last 60 days (sold data through 2026-08-17) — an estimate, not an appraisal. How TRV works.
Branded-title price context: Branded-title Foresters like this typically sell ~25% below comparable clean-title vehicles. The market range shown above is for clean-title cars — this listing's price reflects branded-title history.
Branded-adjusted estimate: $7,464 – $12,809 (clean-title range scaled by the branded discount — an estimate, not an appraisal).
Comparable vehicles nationally recently sold in an estimated 12–61 days.
Market Breakdown
Local = comparable listings in the same metro. Regional = comparable listings across the broader state or multi-state region. Both ranges are rebuilt from the market snapshot shown above.
Summit Automotive Group
North Salt Lake, UT
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About This 2018 Subaru Forester
Listing updated: Aug 17, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in North Salt Lake, UT · On lot for 66 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2018 Subaru Forester Base is listed at $12,990 by summit automotive group in North Salt Lake, UT 84054. It has 57,232 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is Silver. It features a 4WD drivetrain with a 2.5L H4 engine and Automatic transmission.
OAV does not assign a price-to-market verdict to branded-title vehicles. This listing has a reported branded/salvage title, so its price is not rated against clean-title market comparables.
This vehicle has been on the lot for 66 days.
Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477).
Market context
This listing is part of OAV's broader North Salt Lake, UT suvs market analysis. OAV compares vehicles using local and regional price-to-market ranges, days-on-lot, comparable count, and demand signals where available.
How this deal is rated
OAV compares this 2018 Subaru Forester against similar vehicles currently available in the local and regional market — same make, model, and year range, using trim where trim data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparables for odometer; on very high-mileage vehicles it withholds a verdict rather than overstate a discount the odometer explains. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:
- Great Deal — priced below the typical range for comparable vehicles.
- Fair Price — priced within the expected range for comparable vehicles.
- Overpriced — priced above the typical range for comparable vehicles.
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How this listing is verified
This vehicle listing was aggregated from an independent dealer in North Salt Lake, UT, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN JF2SJABC8JH442001 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.
Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented methodology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles within the same geographic market.
2018 Subaru Forester Market in UT
UT Market Listings
125
Average Price
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Price Range
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Avg Days on Lot
82
Based on all 125 2016-2020 Subaru Forester listings in the UT market. Because OAV has not assigned a reliable price verdict to this listing, it does not state how it compares to this broader average. Similar vehicles spend an average of 82 days on dealer lots in this market.
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