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 MG ZS Comparison
Subaru Forester
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MG ZS
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2026 Subaru
Forester
vs
2025 MG
ZS
Select Variants...
How they stack...
Best suitable for...
Driving the family
Off-roading
City drivingFuel Efficiency
48L - 63L
298 to 498 km
41L - 55L
275 to 1172 km
ANCAP Safety Rating
Warranty
5 year
warranty
warranty
10 year
warranty
warranty
MSRP
$37,890 - $55,990
$22,990 - $36,990
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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
NA
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
- Sloane Silver Metallic
- Diamond Red Metallic
- Regal Blue Metallic
- Dover White
- Pebble Black
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Specs
| Type | ||
| PETROL DIRECT INJECTION | PETROL DIRECT INJECTION, MULTI-POINT INJECTION, TURBO | |
| Size (cc) | ||
| 1995 - 2498 | 1495 - 1498 | |
| Size (L) | ||
| 2.5L, 2.0L | 1.5L | |
| Cylinders | ||
| 4 | 4 | |
| Camshaft | ||
| DUAL OVERHEAD CAM | DUAL OVERHEAD CAM | |
| Valves/Ports per Cylinder | ||
| 16 | 16 | |
| Power | ||
| 110kW - 145kW | 81kW - 158kW | |
| Power RPM | ||
| 5800 - 6000 | 5200 - 6000 | |
| Torque | ||
| 196Nm - 247Nm | 140Nm - 465Nm | |
| Torque RPM | ||
| 3700 - 4400 | 1800 - 4500 | |
| Bore Stroke | ||
| 90 | - | |
| Compression Ratio | ||
| - | - | |
