**The 2025 Subaru Forester: A Surprisingly Refined CUV**

The 2025 Subaru Forester, also known as the sixth generation, is a car that has garnered attention from critics and enthusiasts alike. With its sleek design and impressive capabilities, it's no wonder why this vehicle has been making waves in the market. But what sets it apart from other CUVs on the road?

One of the things that stands out about the Forester is its style and design. While some might say it looks stodgy, we disagree. In fact, we think it does a better job of being cohesive with its intended purpose than many other cars in its class. The people who love this car are proof of that, as they rave about its functionality and practicality. "It's truly truly an All Season every," one reviewer notes. "It's completely functional in every condition and it rides great." This is no small feat, especially considering the car's size and price point.

But what really sets the Forester apart is its performance. While it may not be the quickest thing on the road, it handles well enough for daily commuting. And with its incredible visibility, safety features, and quietness, this vehicle is a joy to drive. "It loses some UNH handling," our reviewer notes, but that's a small price to pay considering all the other benefits.

Of course, no review of the Forester would be complete without discussing its fuel economy. And here, the car shines once again. With an estimated starting price of mid-30s with destination, this vehicle offers incredible value for money. "If you got into it," our reviewer notes, "yes it's not the the best handling vehicle in the world but if you're just going straight you need to go through broken pavement like we're going through right now I think you'd be really happy with it."

But what really impresses us about the Forester is its off-road capabilities. With a naturally aspirated engine and all-wheel drive system, this car can handle anything that comes its way. "It goes really well off-road," our reviewer notes. "The all-wheel drive system is incredibly capable." And with its impressive features list, including adaptive cruise control and lane departure warning, the Forester is a true do-it-all vehicle.

So what are some of the Forester's downsides? For starters, it can feel somewhat plasticky inside, which may not be ideal for those who value premium materials. Additionally, the steering can feel somewhat vague, although our reviewer notes that this isn't particularly noticeable unless you're driving aggressively. And while the infotainment system has improved significantly over the years, some critics still find it to be a bit of an afterthought.

But overall, these minor drawbacks are easily outweighed by the Forester's many strengths. With its impressive performance, practicality, and value for money, this CUV is sure to appeal to anyone looking for a reliable and capable vehicle. So if you're in the market for a new car, be sure to take a closer look at the 2025 Subaru Forester.

**Technical Details**

* Engine: Naturally aspirated engine

* Transmission: CVT

* Drive Type: All-wheel drive

* Starting Price: Mid-30s with destination

* Fuel Economy: Estimated

**Conclusion**

The 2025 Subaru Forester is a car that defies expectations. With its impressive capabilities, practicality, and value for money, it's no wonder why this CUV has been making waves in the market. While it may not be perfect – and indeed, there are some minor drawbacks to consider – overall, we think the Forester is an excellent choice for anyone looking for a reliable and capable vehicle.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enthe 2025 or sixth generation Subaru Forester in this video we'll be walking you through some of the engineering changes in the shop giving you an overview of the interior and exterior and lastly going to go take this for a quick drive now before we talk about the interior and the exterior styling let's talk about price the base price of the subu Forester with Des is just North of $30,000 well equipped you're looking at the mid-30s and fully loaded this thing just pushes past $40,000 the vehicle that we're in with a couple options is the sport trim it comes in about 375 now what do you need to know well for this generation Forester they tried to focus on not screwing up the car while improving its overall refinement things like changing the Power Band of the 2.5 L 4 cylinder make it the torque com in a little earlier to make this feel less labored around town more nvh material in the interior to make this feel more refined and have better ride quality and less road noise of course trying to improve some of the core tenants of why people buy Foresters things like a good safety Suite good body structure and all-wheel drive capability when it comes to the trunk space of this vehicle they've widened out the mouth the load floor is still very low with the rear seats up you're looking at just around 30 cubic feet of cargo capacity the rear seats down it's around 70 while it is smaller than something like a rra 4 it's still a very usable car and when it comes to the second row occupant space a full-size adult should fit in there with no issues the first row there's lots of Headroom however despite the revised seat design these are not the most comfortable seats by any means they're awfully short if you have longer legs and they do not breathe well at all if you are a sweaty teddy like myself you are going to absolutely SV yourselves in these seat there are no perforations however if you were like Mark and you suffer from some leakage they should be fairly easy to clean off and I'm sure that's the compromise they're going for when it comes to visibility great visibility lots of glass in this car all of the controls are mostly physical and easy to use good storage in the doors center console area this is a very usable car infotainment you have two different screen options a split screen in the base model which I haven't seen or Subaru sort of corporate giant touchscreen while your HVAC controls at least the temperature control controls are physical the fan controls are not and of course the audio controls still are it's a mixed bag it is far better than the screen was when it first introduced but it's still not perfect you do have Android auto and of course Apple carplay this has the optional Harmon Card and sound system which is pretty much average at this point I would probably go with it however because I can't imagine how bad the base audio system is other than that interior space is more refined it's quieter than the last one and it really is a pleasant place to be styling is subjective it looks more SUV than wagon e if that's something you want to say but with that said let's head in the shop and put this thing up on the lift in the shop with the sixth generation Subaru forcer this is the 2025 model also known as the SL generation much like you are coming to expect from this brand this generation Foresters more about iterative design improvements that improve your quality of life versus Grand changes that totally change what the vehicle is so what do they change this is on the latest iteration of the Subaru Global platform which means it uses more height string steel and far more body adhesives you're looking at 3x the body adhesives which means it's 10% more rigid there's less nvh that makes it way in the cabin and this is supposed to handle a little bit more directly they made some packaging changes to the rear suspension area to again further improve the cargo area of this vehicle and there's far more sound ding material in the vehicle in places like the floor the doors the foot Wells this is just a more refined vehicle than it used to be it's still a strut front multi-link rear however they have changed the steering rack this is this uses the Dual pinion steering rack found in the WRX it's supposed to be a little bit more direct and interact better with their safety Suite I talked about in the interior segment of this vehicle but again their customers prioritize safety is one of the most important things according to suru customers this vehicle is also not supposed to be disposable the typical Forester owner owns own this for 9 years and they have a very very high likelihood of buying another Forester we're underneath the sport trim that means it gets some exterior changes and the stable X dampers you get a damper change along with some other tuning changes the damper change does not turn this into a sporty vehicle just further increases body control you're going to see in the drive this is more about plushness than body control while it doesn't wander and it's definitely in the softer side you're are not going to be hustling this thing through a canyon the engine this is still the 2.5 l h no love or hate from Subaru and much like the body structure it's about iterative improvements they've made some nvh improvements they've made some reliability improvements it makes 180 horsepower a little less than 180 foot- pounds of torque on the highway you get low to mid-30s for miles per gallon the city you get high 20s overall you're looking at just around 30 m per gallon it's not a quick vehicle and it is paired to a CVT or xtronic transmission you have a lot of ground clearance at just under 9 in I think it's about 8.7 so if you do plan on camping and going Offroad with this vehicle it's perfect you're not going to be doing extreme off-roading but it's a very capable family SUV CUV thing and everything is very easy to get at so you can do your own service and things like swapping out struts and control arms it's pretty simple in a car like this so that let's go take this for a quick drive with Mark we're back together Mark take me to the woods all right exonic 180ish horsepower some fake shifts now the interesting part about when you launch this is if you actually launch from a dead stop like you you didn't do you had a roll if you do it from a dead stop and hold your foot to the floor it will feel like breaking performance let's try that again Mark I I just want to hear it hold maximum rpm yeah so you get the best of both worlds do you want to have a CVT that shifts fakely or do you want it to hold maximum rpm is up to you on how you launch it I would go straight here so we can really explore so we can experience that launch one more time yeah I I need to keep feeling it all right I make sure I'm in sports okay nobody's driving it like that nobody cares about that the whole point of this is they've tried to smooth out the CVT performance to make it feel more natural you're never putting your foot down in fact they never call it a CVT yeah all the all the marketing stuff exonic continuously variable transmission they're trying to desperately avoid that Association but here's the thing the only reason we're pushing our foot down like this cuz I want to fuel with 180 horsepower does it does need to be egged on quite a bit on the highway to get this thing going it doesn't really make it Peak power until it gets wound up so if you need to get out in a rural area highway you're going to be pushing it for sure yeah 80 I mean it's just adequate right you're going to be when you're driving it like a Slowpoke and just driving it conservatively it never does that it's it's a pretty smooth experience overall and the way that that's combined with its ride quality Jack tell me a little bit about it so they've improved the body trck as I've talked about in the shop segment already this thing is incredibly incredibly Kush by Design that's why you're buying this thing you're buying this vehicle because it's got all-wheel drive is standard it's going to be safe it's probably going to be pretty reliable and how's it how she handle around and round about Ohan let's see oh my te they just dial a hint to under steering just to be just to be safe it's not known for its Dynamic handling characteristics like I said I want you to take me to the woods so these tires are designed to get to the beach to get to the woods they're not designed to be driven like an absolute so the the benefit of tires and the calibration of the suspension is it's really comfortable all the time this is the sport which has been recalibrated for sporty driving I would love to experience the the base I guess there's a huge difference between what you consider sport but if you're having it looks sporty on the outside I think you know I know you talked about it a little bit on the interior it's combination of the new body style and it it doesn't look as stodgy as it used to um and I I I do think it does a better job of being more cohesive of what it's trying to be people love this thing yes they do and one of the things I really like about it is it is truly truly a very low fatigue All Season every it's completely functional in every condition and it rides great you know okay it loses some UNH handling it's not the quickest thing but you really as your daily commute you don't care about tremendous visibility tremendous visibility it's one of the best I sight their safety Suite while it is hyperactive it's been improved you know changing the camera you know it's better than it used to be um the actual like quietness of this vehicle for the class of car acknowledging the fact that you can get in one of these things for the 30s this thing starts in the mid-30s as a sport fully fully loaded with the premium audio system and some of the other tidbits is like 37 and change with destination this is a very refined car for the price point I think you know if you got into it yes it's not the the best handling vehicle in the world but if you're just going straight you need to go through broken pavement like we're going through right now I think you'd be really happy with it even the stop start which used to be a really big problem in these cars well it's still not a it's not super refine but I I think the main argument for this is It's a a naturally aspirated engine it's got the price point it goes really well off-road the all-wheel drive system is incredibly capable for yeah I mean it does so many things for the price like people are tired you know like we hear this I don't want a hybrid I don't want some like high performance car what's the best value and this is one of the best values we just got out of the Civic Hybrid right that's kind of like the sedan that Dan version of this in a different way this meets all the utility versions as a small or mediumsized SUV this does everything very very well it feels a lot like all of the other modern Subarus on their updated architecture it's morein than it used to be the steering is not great but it is very direct all the inputs are easy to use and if you don't drive this thing like a monkey you won't really notice the fact that it has a CVT you won't notice the fact that it doesn't have the best body control in corners but it's comfortable it gets some level of fuel economy it's not terrible and it's just a very pleasant vehicle to be in and out of if you don't care about some of the Enthusiast stuff and you just want to do everything CUV SUV SS great it's got good character you know I think I I was thinking about the negative stuff it feels somewhat plasticky it definitely feels it's it's kind of boring it is a boring car but to be fair everything in this class is boring so I think its character comes from the fact that this the boxiness the the visibility like the the fact that it's not trying to be everything else and the price point I I can't reiterate it enough it does so much for the money that I think people are going to be really happy with this trck all right so with that let's head into the final thoughts sir sounds good final thoughts on the 2025 Subaru Forester or 6th Generation slsl generation Forester first off huge thanks to our title sponsor Bridgestone tire without their help we wouldn't be able to make videos like this they provide us most and technical support and if you're looking for tires for your own vehicle like the super Forester we highly suggest you look at their catalog this thing was on tonas WE of course have used the alenza and alenza Ultra quite a bit in these videos so with that let's talk about the car the Forester is a very good vehicle if you're willing to live with what its intended purpose is and that is to be a transportation box that allows you to go off-road drive through snow has a lot of space in the interior and and is a very low nvh vehicle this is more about refinement than anything else its cons are dynamically it is not the most engaging vehicle and we have some problems with the interior namely the seats at least at this sport trim level don't breathe at all and the infotainment despite its many improvements over the years is still not great I do not love the giant touchscreen but I will say if you do end up buying one of these vehicles and you can live with again those specific cons it's a very very good do everything SUV so with that thanks for watching hope to see you again soonthe 2025 or sixth generation Subaru Forester in this video we'll be walking you through some of the engineering changes in the shop giving you an overview of the interior and exterior and lastly going to go take this for a quick drive now before we talk about the interior and the exterior styling let's talk about price the base price of the subu Forester with Des is just North of $30,000 well equipped you're looking at the mid-30s and fully loaded this thing just pushes past $40,000 the vehicle that we're in with a couple options is the sport trim it comes in about 375 now what do you need to know well for this generation Forester they tried to focus on not screwing up the car while improving its overall refinement things like changing the Power Band of the 2.5 L 4 cylinder make it the torque com in a little earlier to make this feel less labored around town more nvh material in the interior to make this feel more refined and have better ride quality and less road noise of course trying to improve some of the core tenants of why people buy Foresters things like a good safety Suite good body structure and all-wheel drive capability when it comes to the trunk space of this vehicle they've widened out the mouth the load floor is still very low with the rear seats up you're looking at just around 30 cubic feet of cargo capacity the rear seats down it's around 70 while it is smaller than something like a rra 4 it's still a very usable car and when it comes to the second row occupant space a full-size adult should fit in there with no issues the first row there's lots of Headroom however despite the revised seat design these are not the most comfortable seats by any means they're awfully short if you have longer legs and they do not breathe well at all if you are a sweaty teddy like myself you are going to absolutely SV yourselves in these seat there are no perforations however if you were like Mark and you suffer from some leakage they should be fairly easy to clean off and I'm sure that's the compromise they're going for when it comes to visibility great visibility lots of glass in this car all of the controls are mostly physical and easy to use good storage in the doors center console area this is a very usable car infotainment you have two different screen options a split screen in the base model which I haven't seen or Subaru sort of corporate giant touchscreen while your HVAC controls at least the temperature control controls are physical the fan controls are not and of course the audio controls still are it's a mixed bag it is far better than the screen was when it first introduced but it's still not perfect you do have Android auto and of course Apple carplay this has the optional Harmon Card and sound system which is pretty much average at this point I would probably go with it however because I can't imagine how bad the base audio system is other than that interior space is more refined it's quieter than the last one and it really is a pleasant place to be styling is subjective it looks more SUV than wagon e if that's something you want to say but with that said let's head in the shop and put this thing up on the lift in the shop with the sixth generation Subaru forcer this is the 2025 model also known as the SL generation much like you are coming to expect from this brand this generation Foresters more about iterative design improvements that improve your quality of life versus Grand changes that totally change what the vehicle is so what do they change this is on the latest iteration of the Subaru Global platform which means it uses more height string steel and far more body adhesives you're looking at 3x the body adhesives which means it's 10% more rigid there's less nvh that makes it way in the cabin and this is supposed to handle a little bit more directly they made some packaging changes to the rear suspension area to again further improve the cargo area of this vehicle and there's far more sound ding material in the vehicle in places like the floor the doors the foot Wells this is just a more refined vehicle than it used to be it's still a strut front multi-link rear however they have changed the steering rack this is this uses the Dual pinion steering rack found in the WRX it's supposed to be a little bit more direct and interact better with their safety Suite I talked about in the interior segment of this vehicle but again their customers prioritize safety is one of the most important things according to suru customers this vehicle is also not supposed to be disposable the typical Forester owner owns own this for 9 years and they have a very very high likelihood of buying another Forester we're underneath the sport trim that means it gets some exterior changes and the stable X dampers you get a damper change along with some other tuning changes the damper change does not turn this into a sporty vehicle just further increases body control you're going to see in the drive this is more about plushness than body control while it doesn't wander and it's definitely in the softer side you're are not going to be hustling this thing through a canyon the engine this is still the 2.5 l h no love or hate from Subaru and much like the body structure it's about iterative improvements they've made some nvh improvements they've made some reliability improvements it makes 180 horsepower a little less than 180 foot- pounds of torque on the highway you get low to mid-30s for miles per gallon the city you get high 20s overall you're looking at just around 30 m per gallon it's not a quick vehicle and it is paired to a CVT or xtronic transmission you have a lot of ground clearance at just under 9 in I think it's about 8.7 so if you do plan on camping and going Offroad with this vehicle it's perfect you're not going to be doing extreme off-roading but it's a very capable family SUV CUV thing and everything is very easy to get at so you can do your own service and things like swapping out struts and control arms it's pretty simple in a car like this so that let's go take this for a quick drive with Mark we're back together Mark take me to the woods all right exonic 180ish horsepower some fake shifts now the interesting part about when you launch this is if you actually launch from a dead stop like you you didn't do you had a roll if you do it from a dead stop and hold your foot to the floor it will feel like breaking performance let's try that again Mark I I just want to hear it hold maximum rpm yeah so you get the best of both worlds do you want to have a CVT that shifts fakely or do you want it to hold maximum rpm is up to you on how you launch it I would go straight here so we can really explore so we can experience that launch one more time yeah I I need to keep feeling it all right I make sure I'm in sports okay nobody's driving it like that nobody cares about that the whole point of this is they've tried to smooth out the CVT performance to make it feel more natural you're never putting your foot down in fact they never call it a CVT yeah all the all the marketing stuff exonic continuously variable transmission they're trying to desperately avoid that Association but here's the thing the only reason we're pushing our foot down like this cuz I want to fuel with 180 horsepower does it does need to be egged on quite a bit on the highway to get this thing going it doesn't really make it Peak power until it gets wound up so if you need to get out in a rural area highway you're going to be pushing it for sure yeah 80 I mean it's just adequate right you're going to be when you're driving it like a Slowpoke and just driving it conservatively it never does that it's it's a pretty smooth experience overall and the way that that's combined with its ride quality Jack tell me a little bit about it so they've improved the body trck as I've talked about in the shop segment already this thing is incredibly incredibly Kush by Design that's why you're buying this thing you're buying this vehicle because it's got all-wheel drive is standard it's going to be safe it's probably going to be pretty reliable and how's it how she handle around and round about Ohan let's see oh my te they just dial a hint to under steering just to be just to be safe it's not known for its Dynamic handling characteristics like I said I want you to take me to the woods so these tires are designed to get to the beach to get to the woods they're not designed to be driven like an absolute so the the benefit of tires and the calibration of the suspension is it's really comfortable all the time this is the sport which has been recalibrated for sporty driving I would love to experience the the base I guess there's a huge difference between what you consider sport but if you're having it looks sporty on the outside I think you know I know you talked about it a little bit on the interior it's combination of the new body style and it it doesn't look as stodgy as it used to um and I I I do think it does a better job of being more cohesive of what it's trying to be people love this thing yes they do and one of the things I really like about it is it is truly truly a very low fatigue All Season every it's completely functional in every condition and it rides great you know okay it loses some UNH handling it's not the quickest thing but you really as your daily commute you don't care about tremendous visibility tremendous visibility it's one of the best I sight their safety Suite while it is hyperactive it's been improved you know changing the camera you know it's better than it used to be um the actual like quietness of this vehicle for the class of car acknowledging the fact that you can get in one of these things for the 30s this thing starts in the mid-30s as a sport fully fully loaded with the premium audio system and some of the other tidbits is like 37 and change with destination this is a very refined car for the price point I think you know if you got into it yes it's not the the best handling vehicle in the world but if you're just going straight you need to go through broken pavement like we're going through right now I think you'd be really happy with it even the stop start which used to be a really big problem in these cars well it's still not a it's not super refine but I I think the main argument for this is It's a a naturally aspirated engine it's got the price point it goes really well off-road the all-wheel drive system is incredibly capable for yeah I mean it does so many things for the price like people are tired you know like we hear this I don't want a hybrid I don't want some like high performance car what's the best value and this is one of the best values we just got out of the Civic Hybrid right that's kind of like the sedan that Dan version of this in a different way this meets all the utility versions as a small or mediumsized SUV this does everything very very well it feels a lot like all of the other modern Subarus on their updated architecture it's morein than it used to be the steering is not great but it is very direct all the inputs are easy to use and if you don't drive this thing like a monkey you won't really notice the fact that it has a CVT you won't notice the fact that it doesn't have the best body control in corners but it's comfortable it gets some level of fuel economy it's not terrible and it's just a very pleasant vehicle to be in and out of if you don't care about some of the Enthusiast stuff and you just want to do everything CUV SUV SS great it's got good character you know I think I I was thinking about the negative stuff it feels somewhat plasticky it definitely feels it's it's kind of boring it is a boring car but to be fair everything in this class is boring so I think its character comes from the fact that this the boxiness the the visibility like the the fact that it's not trying to be everything else and the price point I I can't reiterate it enough it does so much for the money that I think people are going to be really happy with this trck all right so with that let's head into the final thoughts sir sounds good final thoughts on the 2025 Subaru Forester or 6th Generation slsl generation Forester first off huge thanks to our title sponsor Bridgestone tire without their help we wouldn't be able to make videos like this they provide us most and technical support and if you're looking for tires for your own vehicle like the super Forester we highly suggest you look at their catalog this thing was on tonas WE of course have used the alenza and alenza Ultra quite a bit in these videos so with that let's talk about the car the Forester is a very good vehicle if you're willing to live with what its intended purpose is and that is to be a transportation box that allows you to go off-road drive through snow has a lot of space in the interior and and is a very low nvh vehicle this is more about refinement than anything else its cons are dynamically it is not the most engaging vehicle and we have some problems with the interior namely the seats at least at this sport trim level don't breathe at all and the infotainment despite its many improvements over the years is still not great I do not love the giant touchscreen but I will say if you do end up buying one of these vehicles and you can live with again those specific cons it's a very very good do everything SUV so with that thanks for watching hope to see you again soon\n"