2025 Subaru Forester review
Subaru has dusted off the STI badge for a new special-edition Forester, but it's not everything it's cracked up to be.
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Max Davies
Subaru Forester vs Chery Omoda 5 Comparison
Subaru Forester
Chery Omoda 5
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2026 Subaru
Forester
vs
2025 Chery
Omoda 5
Select Variants...
How they stack...
Best suitable for...
Driving the family
Off-roading
LuxuryFuel Efficiency
63L
391 to 498 km
51L
347 to 377 km
Warranty
5 year
warranty
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7 year
warranty
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MSRP
$43,490 - $55,990
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CarExpert's Take
Max Davies
Marketplace Journalist
Max Davies drove this car and these were their findings:
Hits
- Quality, premium-leaning interior
- Sportier handling
- STI appears again...
Misses
- ...like this?
- Hardly a special edition
- Dreary CVT
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Colours Available
The 2024 Subaru Forester is available in the following exterior paint colours, depending on the variant:
- Crystal White Pearl
- Ice Silver Metallic
- Brilliant Bronze Metallic
- Crimson Red Pearl
- Autumn Green Metallic
- Horizon Blue Pearl
- Cascade Green Silica
- Magnetite Grey Metallic
- Crystal Black Silica
- Sapphire Blue Pearl
The full colour palette comprises:
- Space Black
- Mercurial Grey
- Saturn Silver
- Lunar White
- Titan Green
- Jupiter Blue
- Midnight Blue
In the EX, Mercurial Grey, Lunar White and Saturn Silver are also available with bold red accents on the side skirts, mirrors, wheels and front bumper.
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Specs
| Type | ||
| - | TURBO | |
| Size (cc) | ||
| 2498 | 1498 - 1598 | |
| Size (L) | ||
| 2.5L | 1.6L, 1.5L | |
| Cylinders | ||
| 4 | 4 | |
| Camshaft | ||
| DUAL OVERHEAD CAM | DUAL OVERHEAD CAM | |
| Valves/Ports per Cylinder | ||
| 16 | 16 | |
| Power | ||
| 136kW - 145kW | 108kW - 137kW | |
| Power RPM | ||
| 5800 | 5500 | |
| Torque | ||
| 247Nm | 210Nm - 275Nm | |
| Torque RPM | ||
| 3700 | 1750 - 2000 | |
| Bore Stroke | ||
| - | 80.5 - 85.8 | |
| Compression Ratio | ||
| - | - | |
