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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2025 Subaru Forester vs 2023 Haval Jolion Comparison
Subaru Forester
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Haval Jolion
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2025 Subaru
Forester
vs
2023 Haval
Jolion
Select Variants...
How they stack...
Best suitable for...
Driving the family
Off-roadingFuel Efficiency
48L - 63L
322 to 466 km
55L
275 to 446 km
Warranty
5 year
warranty
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7 year
warranty
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MSRP
$37,890 - $50,140
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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
Max Davies
Marketplace Journalist
Max Davies drove this car and these were their findings:
Hits
- Sharp styling, albeit plasticky
- Even sharper price
- Solid bones are there
Misses
- Interior and safety tech are messy
- Noisy engine, transmission combo
- Compromised boot
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
Hamilton White is the standard finish across the Jolion range, with the following colours a $495 option:
- Smoke Grey
- Vivid Green (Premium, Lux, Ultra)
- Golden Black
- Mars Red
- Azure Blue
- Glacier Blue (Lux Hybrid, Ultra Hybrid)
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Specs
| Type | ||
| PETROL DIRECT INJECTION | MULTI-POINT INJECTION, TURBO PETROL DIRECT INJECTION | |
| Size (cc) | ||
| 1995 - 2498 | 1497 - 1499 | |
| Size (L) | ||
| 2.0L, 2.5L | 1.5L | |
| Cylinders | ||
| 4 | 4 | |
| Camshaft | ||
| DUAL OVERHEAD CAM | DUAL OVERHEAD CAM | |
| Valves/Ports per Cylinder | ||
| 16 | 16 | |
| Power | ||
| 110kW - 136kW | 110kW - 139kW | |
| Power RPM | ||
| 5800 - 6000 | 5500 - 5600 | |
| Torque | ||
| 196Nm - 239Nm | 220Nm - 375Nm | |
| Torque RPM | ||
| 4000 - 4400 | 1500 - 2000 | |
| Bore Stroke | ||
| 90 | 84.7 - 84.9 | |
| Compression Ratio | ||
| - | - | |
