2018 Subaru Forester Premium

Listed by an independent dealer in Buffalo, NY · On lot for 36 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA

This used 2018 Subaru Forester Premium is listed at $18,086 by northtown preowned in Buffalo, NY 14226. It has 86,498 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 CVT transmission.

OAV's AI-powered Price-to-Market analysis rates this vehicle as Fair Price — priced at market value. Based on 19 comparable listings matched to this vehicle, the estimated market range is $15,999 to $19,167. The local market range in NY is $15,999 to $19,167. These comparisons match year, make, and model and may currently span trims and configurations (trim-level matching is rolling out).

This vehicle has been on the lot for 36 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 Buffalo, NY suvs market analysis. OAV compares vehicles using local and regional price-to-market ranges, days-on-lot, comparable count, and demand signals where available.

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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 (currently across available trims and configurations; trim-level matching is rolling out), filtered for comparable mileage. 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 Buffalo, NY, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN JF2SJAEC3JH540445 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 NY

Based on all 443 2016-2020 Subaru Forester listings in the NY market, the average asking price is $17,937. This listing at $18,086 is $149 above the broader NY average (1% above the NY average). This is a wider, all-trim comparison across NY; OAV's price verdict above uses the closer comparable set. Comparable prices in NY range from $6,495 to $31,995. Similar vehicles spend an average of 61 days on dealer lots in this market.

Similar Subaru Forester Listings in NY

8 similar listings shown (closest matches within ±2 model years) and ±30,000 miles (subject trim: Premium — compare trims below)