2025 Subaru Forester PREMIUM | Review and 0-60 

Very true!!

I wasn’t expecting this new one to feel like such an upgrade, but it’s a nice vehicle!

As far as I know that’s the case, at least that’s what’s been written online and I’m hoping I’m sharing the truth and not spreading wishful thinking, lol. I’m glad you appreciated my video, thanks for watching! And that’s called the Perrine bridge it’s in the southern part of Idaho.

I bet that was a fun experience! These seriously look so much better in person than I expected haha.

That’s for sure! We’ve been planning on upgrading her car to something like the Forester since before I started making videos haha. That sounds good! I do look forward to your comments on my videos, but I’m glad you’ll be having fun elsewhere for the time being! 😉

That’s a good question, I’ve driven a couple of them now and I think it’s only audible if you’re trying to change lanes when it detects a car is in your blind spot like the older generation. But since you ask I’m not questioning that because I hadn’t thought about that in the moment haha.

Those are good points! Thanks for adding this. 🙂

I have a premium on order as well! Can’t wait!

Thanks! To my understanding it’s just more sophisticated and has a wider view which is better to show cyclists and pedestrians. 🙂

That’s a good question and I’m not sure I’ve looked much into the internals of the non turbo 2.5 boxer. I’ve never heard of them needing that adjustment, but I’ve also not owned a 2.5 yet, so I haven’t looked at their maintenance schedule.

I just drove a 2025 Base model with the dual screens (not sure when I’ll make it public). As silly as that design is, I actually think I like it more and it’s more responsive than the 11.6” haha.

Both the walker and your brother should easily fit inside a Forester! Even a 4 wheel walker or standard wheelchair would easily fold up and fit in the back.

I can fit my large frame mountain bike with 29” wheels in my 2015 and I think these are bigger in every way. I’m also 6’1” and can sit in the back with the front seats all the way back and they are Just touching my knees. There is a lot of room up front to move the seat. Unless he’s 7’ he should be pretty good in the backseat. Other than an accident with a deer, that car has needed a ball joint and brakes. It’s at 150k and I’d trust driving it across the country. It’s also still worth a decent amount of money, considering the age and milage. I have no plans on getting rid of it any time soon, either. I like it too much.

The Forester was the only model that had the engine cover if my memory serves me correctly. Not sure why, probably to save 3$. 😅🤷‍♂️

For sure! Thanks for sharing about the 2026 Outback’s, I haven’t even tried to google the rumors about them yet lol.

Crystal white! If it was going to be my regular daily driver I probably would have picked this Ice Silver. We like light colors because they don’t show as much dirt and eventual paint imperfections.

Nope, I plan to keep the Outback for at least 1-2 more years since it’s still under powertrain warranty and vehicles have become so expensive. The Forester will be my Wife’s much needed upgrade at this point from her smaller FWD sedan that she bought new a number of years ago as it has now served its purpose and we want something larger and more safe. I actually made a video about it a couple weeks ago, but since most of my videos get 90% of their views from people who aren’t subscribed it’s just easier for the sake of this review video to briefly say I’m getting one and not going into great detail. I still plan to make a lot of videos on it though. 🙂

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 so then from where are you getting so much money

We both are fortunate enough to have good jobs/careers and budget well. 😊 We’ve also been planning on getting a Forester as her replacement for about 2 years now. Honestly the last thing I want to do right now in this economy is buy another vehicle, but an upgrade is needed and we really value having safe and capable AWD vehicles. So it’s definitely not a spur of the moment decision, but rather one we know it’s time to make haha.

You can buy both of these for the price of pretty much any new truck or 4runner 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️​@@harishrp4449

​@@AutomotiveAnonymous208I plan to keep my Impreza sedan until Subaru finally decides to get serious and create an Outback hybrid. It's long past due.

I’ve already reviewed one of those but haven’t made it public yet. They’re awesome! The premium really only has a few features beyond the base (sunroof, heated seats, etc). But even the base has the same wheels and tires.

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 Would LOVE to see the base review. It's literally impossible to find a video on it. Some vids showcase "all" the trims, but they ofcourse don't have the base trim b/c Subaru wants to keep that one secret for some reason.

Yeah, I hear you! I have the Base review available on my “membership program” it’s like $2.99 a month and that’s only because that’s the cheapest RU-vid lets us provide the membership program. I’m not asking you to do that, I’m just saying because I can’t release all my footage at once and have to publish it strategically throughout the weeks and months I have a bunch of videos saved up there, which will eventually be made public. And since the Base models are so difficult to find in general I snagged one of those instead of a more popular trim level incase I don’t find out for 3-5 months which is often the case haha. But I will have all the trim levels reviewed hopefully within a month or so they’ll be public. 🙂

Doubt it. Pretty sure that is mandated. Hence why the override button resets every time you restart the car.

It’s still there! 😅

@@AutomotiveAnonymous208 I can't believe it, with the wear and tear on the starter and battery how much gas can you save to justify the cost and annoyance.

You likely can pay for the second remote. Or just for the my Subaru app subscription where you can remote start it from anywhere and also control temperature and other stuff!

Oh wow! 2k under MSRP is probably invoice pricing. Thats awesome!

I think $1100 under for them just coming out is okay for the northeast not great. I’m sure the dealers that discount more are not in the north east or northwest.

They seriously look so much better in person than I anticipated. I’ve also already filmed a Horizon Blue Base model and that one actually looked really good haha.

The power level is straight out of the 90s. I’ve mentioned my concerns with accelerating up to interstate speeds, going over mountain passes, or passing slow moving vehicles on the highway before with this lower HP engine. But at this point I’ve just accepted it for what it is and hopefully most people watching my videos realize 180HP is not excessive and basically the bare minimum you should have in a 5 seater vehicle. 🤷‍♂️😅

Hahaha, I guess we shall see.

no

Yes! Haha

I’ve actually already reviewed a Base model and I’m sure I’ll make it public within the next week. But the two are actually a lot closer than I expected. The base costs over 2k more than the previous generation and it (to me) felt every bit worth it!

I get that. My only issue with the CVT is if it fails out of warranty it’s unusually expensive to replace. We just took delivery of our premium and ended up buying a 10 year b2b/powertrain warranty to know we now have a decade of not having to worry about it. In 10 years if nothing happens to it we may keep it if it’s still running well, but since it won’t be worth much at that point we may as well just run it until it dies or we get bored of it. 🤷‍♂️🤪

As someone who owned the last two generations and 8 Subarus in general, I like it. It’s not the best and I hated it until I saw one in person. It looks less ford ish. Now, I can’t tell from far away if it’s a 24 or 25 model. I do wish they’d offer a turbo and manual on everything again. In that way, they have lost their way.

i liked it a lot

Hahaha I get that.

I have that screen in my wrx. It's great. The only thing that I would like is a knob for the hvac temp adjustment.

Every new car has infotainment now. It looks good on this

Have owned Outback for a year now & and frankly, there is no issue with the touchscreen so far. Very snapy.