Posted Friday, February 7, 2025 at 10:37pm
The 2025 Forester Hybrid fulfills one of the most natural yet overlooked pairings in all the automotive universe: a compact Subaru SUV with a hybrid powertrain. True, this isn’t the company’s first attempt at blending internal combustion and electrons, but the previous efforts focused on the smaller Crosstrek left us uninspired. The 2025 Forester Hybrid combines a version of Subaru’s familiar flat-four internal combustion engine with a pair of electric motors and ups the efficiency quotient without disrupting the Forester’s trademark knock-around, room-for-five, all-wheel drive personality. Subtle “Hybrid” exterior badging underscores its green ambitions, but you’ve still got advanced features like hill descent control, torque vectoring, and 8.7 inches of ground clearance to help get you through the mud and snow that often stands between outdoorsy types and their destinations.
