The redesigned sixth-generation 2025 Subaru Forster made its public debut Thursday on the 2023 Los Angeles auto present with revised styling, up to date infotainment and driver-assist know-how, and the promise of a first-ever hybrid mannequin.

The brand new styling is a giant departure from the previous-generation Forester, incorporating a distinguished grille that blends into the headlights, in addition to extra pronounced wheel arches. Exterior dimensions are basically unchanged. The 2025 Forester is 0.6 inch longer than the outgoing mannequin, however has the identical 105.1-inch wheelbase. The width and peak are almost equivalent.

The 2025 Forester relies on the Subaru International Platform like its predecessor, however Subaru claims 10% higher torsional rigidity from a full interior body with stronger welding and extra structural adhesive.

2025 Subaru Forester

Inside, the Forester can maintain barely extra cargo than earlier than, at 29.6 cubic ft with the rear seats up and 74.4 cubic ft with the rear seats folded. A hands-free tailgate—a primary for Subaru—is accessible to make accessing the cargo space simpler. The entrance seats had been slimmed down to extend visibility and ease of second-row entry. Subaru additionally elevated sound dampening and modified the local weather management system to focus solely on occupied seats to enhance consolation and effectivity.

Subaru additionally up to date the infotainment interface. Base fashions now get a pair a 7.0-inch touchscreens rather than the earlier single 6.5-inch display screen. The highest display screen handles Apple CarPlay/Android Auto connectivity and different infotainment features, whereas the underside display screen is for local weather controls and car settings. An 11.6-inch touchscreen, just like what’s already accessible in another Subaru fashions, replaces the earlier 8.0-inch touchscreen in increased trim ranges and comes with wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

The usual EyeSight driver-assist system options up to date software program, cameras with a wider subject of view, and an digital brake booster that yield smoother and faster operation in additional situations, Subaru claims. A brand new Emergency Cease Help detects if the driving force turns into unresponsive whereas utilizing adaptive cruise management, and may then cease the automotive, activate the hazard lights, and unlock the doorways.

2025 Subaru Forester

The Forester nonetheless makes use of a 2.5-liter boxer-4 linked to a constantly variable transmission (CVT) and customary all-wheel drive, however output is now 180 hp and 178 lb-ft of torque—in comparison with 182 hp and 176 lb-ft earlier than. On the Forester’s L.A. reveal, Subaru additionally confirmed a Forester Hybrid launching a couple of yr after the opposite fashions, although the corporate did not supply particulars of the powertrain. The naming scheme leaves open the likelihood that this mannequin will likely be a plug-in hybrid, just like the earlier Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid.

Subaru lists the identical 8.7 inches of floor clearance as earlier than, and nonetheless affords hill descent management and an X-Mode for loose-surface driving on increased trim ranges. The automaker did not verify timing for a more-capable Wilderness variant of the redesigned Forester.

For now, the 2025 Forester will likely be accessible in base, Premium, Sport, Restricted, and Touring trim ranges when it arrives at U.S. dealerships subsequent spring. Pricing will likely be revealed nearer to that point.