2020 Subaru Forester e-Boxer - Off-road Test Drive

The new Forester and the smaller XV Crossover will have mild-hybrid technology - as part of the company's move to electric.
Both e-Boxer models, with their horizontally opposed powertrains, have a 2-litre (150) petrol engine and are boosted by the motor-assist technology.
Mild-hybrid technology boosts the engine when needed and can deputise for it over short spells.
Both cars have all-wheel-drive (AWD) as standard.
The Forester e-Boxer is new, the XV is not - apart from becoming a mild hybrid model. The Forester has a new platform and better driving dynamics. The level of technology is high: facial recognition, new X-Mode and reverse automatic braking.
Both are due for sale in November. The Forester kicks off from €44,495 for SE models. Prices for the XV e-Boxer start from €38,945.
The system uses a Lineartronic transmission that integrates an electric motor, powered by lithium ion battery, DC/DC converter and electric motor inverter.
The Forester felt comfortable and spacious if a little slow to respond (but the stepped CVT transmission didn't generate much 'boom') on my brief drive.
There are three driving modes: Engine, EV and Motor Assist. And there is also SI-Drive which lets you choose between 'Intelligent' and 'Sport' modes.
The 2-litre 150bhp horizontally opposed 4cyl has 80pc new components and is up to 11pc more efficient. From starting off, or at low speeds, the electric motor alone can power the car for around 1.6km. Above that, engine and motor combine and at high speed the engine takes over completely while charging the battery as well.
Safety technologies (standard) include EyeSight Driver Assist and Driver Monitoring System. The latter alerts you of fatigue or distraction. It also automatically adjusts driver settings for seat position, door mirror angles, and air-con preferences. Smart.
An important element too is the Reverse Automatic Braking function which helps avoid collisions.
Overall Forester width is up 20mm, the wheelbase is stretched 30mm, and there is 220mm of ground clearance for off-tarmac driving. It has a towing capacity of 1,870kgs.
There is also an SE Premium version (€48,195, 18ins alloys, sunroof, leather seats, sat nav, electric tailgate, heated rear seats).
The XV e-Boxer has the same 2-litre petrol engine and 'hybrid' set-up and many of the safety/comfort elements outlined.
The €38,495 SE model has 17ins alloys, electric/heated driver's seat, dual zone air-con, etc.
For €41,495, SE Premium adds sunroof, sat nav, etc.
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[@user-hr4lt8ih7p]

Ничего себе!!! Она выехала на горку и спустилась с неё,а потом ещё и по луже проехала! Это невероятно...я поражон...у меня шок! Не думал что автомобили так умеют.

[@lanko1]

Не ну ты видел такое🤣

[@sergeymalitsky7688]

Это прорыв!!!

[@user-zu9nk3kx4w]

Какой ,,Чудак,, ему такую губу сделал на бампере! Прощай лес и буераки(((((

[@jmrdrgz]

Whoever did the video, wow it was really well done.

[@andreishapovalov3373]

The best demostration and the best testing! Without foolish comments of supertechnicians and super drivers. From Russia, I mean...Thanks a lot, Gentlemen.

[@thethreatwrestling.7053]

The Subaru's performs like Jeeps with way better Reliability. I love Subaru.

[@jerryreed2636]

Very impressive!! I have a 2001 Forrester. I think soon I'll be getting 2020 Forrester e boxer. Thanks for the video

[@SaiKrishna-pw1pr]

Get XT

[@noahzeng9110]

Rad Sr How's your Sport doing？I am planning to get one. I have listened that Sport is a wonderful SUV, but nobody says anything about its bad. Do you have anything that you don’t like for your Sport? Thank you.

[@ACNikolaev]

Impressive?))) It's not offroad.

[@Honestandtruth]

@@noahzeng9110 l plan to buy one too the Forester Sport. Trust me, it will be Wayyyyy better than the old we got..... okay. I trust Subaru quality. There are some videos clips in KZbin.

[@Honestandtruth]

@@ACNikolaev Go ahead, get yourself a Jeep Wrangler for the REAL off-road. Subaru Forester is good enough for me and many other people.

[@speedisf]

Omg omg omg beautiful car great job

[@svsv1402]

А говорят, что Форик уже не тот... Да, не тот, каким он создавался - универсалом повышенной проходимости, а если турбо - то и рвачем всех и вся. Концепция изменилась, теперь он кроссовер! Который даст фору на бездорожье всем одноклассникам, круче Форика вне дорог так-таки и нет никого. И это правда, и хоть обминуситесь! Форик крут, и это факт!!!

[@Nurlan-Amanov]

И где здесь офроад? у меня во дворе по круче будет полигон. На переднеприводном седане тоже там проеду, в натяг конечно, но проеду

[@Borisyt482]

Всё четко и понятно, как говорится без "соплей" и кучи разговоров. Побольше таких роликов!

[@postwardream]

This car definitely deserves much harder test than these good roads

[@hksunchaser1]

beautiful!

[@t-newton7508]

Great video 👍

[@steveolto9805]

We love our Forester!

[@samuelssenkolooto7877]

I had a forester 2001 stick shift and I loved her strength and hard boby. Now I have a 2012 which I thought would be better and improved...but it's more of plastic, the bonnet very light. Friends keep in mind that most African roads are bad they need a hard body car than your plastic...or we shall resort to defender 110

[@severofracas5406]

mi sembra bello elegante pratico ,da tenere presente l'anno venturo

[@andrewyang1446]

The closeup shots near the end were nice. I am pleasantly surprised there is an eboxer version of Forester, because I was thinking about Prius e-awd and Rav4 Hybrid. But this eboxer sounds excellent, since the awd will be fulltime, and because it’s Subaru. Thanks for the video. Would’ve been nice if there were some facts available, like mileage, price, release date, etc. Thank you for the video!

[@user-bi4if2ny6p]

Эх, жаль я в юности поездки на шашлыки, на девяточке не снимал, щас бы создатели этого ролика умерли бы от стыда))))

[@aperegon]

100% )

[@user-xu7te7sp9t]

👍

[@FOD001]

I love Subaru forever

[@maksatospan516]

Subaru very nice 👍🏻

[@nurgali84adilhanov6]

Отличный машина 👍👍👍👍👍

[@murvo]

The vehicle is driving on 3 wheels up and down vertical slopes and hood deep in water and occasionally sideways and some people are like " tHiS iSnT OfFrOaD!". Yes it is, Karen, you don't experience that driving to Walmart.

[@martinr8278]

Michael Godin haha. Nice reading that somebody has common sense, LOL great comment by the way🏆

[@sellak1985]

Помню в юности по псковским лесам на копейке и не такое "бездорожье" штурмовали, когда на рыбалку катались

[@AVENGUSgb]

У нас такие лужи во всех дворах каждую весну!

[@sakarbik7535]

Subaru is the best japanese car ever

[@Deetroiter]

Do you think it needed an alignment after this?

[@ClintonMogere]

How i love sk9😢❤

[@Arvydas_M]

Hope to buy one after 20 years...

[@stefanc4873]

top car 👍

[@jonathanchartrand3351]

How many people drive in those conditions? How does it drive in normal conditions on normal roads?

[@184876ela]

I was told by the dealer you can put a lift kit on the forester?

[@Torquenews]

When do you think the e-Boxer Hybrid will come to USA? By the way, I really like the 2020 Forester's Rear Seat Reminder. This will help a lot of parents and pet owners. You can see on our channel the 3rd conditions under which this system works in Subaru 2020 (please consider subscribing to us too).

[@simonbroddle754]

Looks great, the additional torque, eyesight, X-mode etc. But I think it will be a lot of money to trade in my 2017 diesel Forester. Oh well, we can only dream!

[@Booboobear-eo4es]

Don't forget the unreliable CVT transmission. (Yes, that is a double term for transmission since the "T" in CVT means transmission).

[@jessdmppl]

Enthusiast: Bring XT back! Subaru: Ok here's a hybrid.

[@kazadori164]

not what we meant :-(

[@genius-no5sl]

Sweet

[@2do4love]

Не могу поверить!!! Как они это сделали??? Прорыв, ёк макарёк.

[@thebigracer9095]

what the difference between this and the foreste mk1??'

[@nurdegirmenci1911]

Superrrrrrrrrr

[@wollkxivanov861]

Это не тест для субару , а надпись оф-роуд вообще убила.... субару способен на много большее, проверено на своем оуте ....!!!!! Субару лучший!!!! Это моё мнение, знаю есть и другие, но у меня есть своё и я не поменяю в ближайшее время Субару не на какую другую машину!

[@ritschi4869]

Klasse Auto

[@mcramacrash]

Did they ever fix the lane keep assist? It is not very good in the 2019 touring

[@mattjardin1]

Michael PaulRa yes because the 19 doesn’t have lane centering it’s not great your right. The 20 has lane centering that more actively keeps you in the lane

[@Rodger2vp]

I’d like to see the same test but in the winter

[@manalive4524]

I like seeing that it's doing it but I would have like some vocal feedback on how the driver felt if he or she thought that it was to much for it how rough the ride what the general kind of info people want to know

[@corriedf]

Great video with cool shots but having which X modes the driver was in or at all would be an extra bonus for us novice subaru drivers. Thanks.

[@airmanma]

2 CHOICES, MUD OR SNOW. GUESS WHICH ONE? DUH!

[@luisrobinson2519]

Yo amo ese carro

[@Choteguapote502]

Y love my Subaru Forester

[@mejiawilmer2097]

es mi faborito Subaru

[@Shogunez]

glad my prius zvw30 made through even rough road in mongolia.(feels bad and proud at the same time for my car after trip...)

[@maxniknik]

Prius is national mongolia idol

[@luizfellipecortat518]

Gosto muito desse carro, mas ele poderia ser alguns cm mais alto em relação ao solo.

[@thebigracer9095]

this is so heavy but at the same time is pretty

[@sergey5083]

А где здесь Off-road ? Я почти каждый день по такой дороге езжу

[@maksatospan516]

我有一辆斯巴鲁傲虎 1999年生产的 到现在是新车新车一样

[@timimoun01]

قطعة هندسية جميلة متوحشة قوية ماشاء الله اللهم ارزقنا مثلها يا رب العالمين

[@donnyderie2561]

Entuka ti manah, ulih dikena ba jalai tanah sebelah kem batang😊

[@h.r.puffnstuff8705]

Off road? The average day for rural Arkansas mail delivery would put that course to shame.

[@callen0892]

I think instead of "Off-road test drive" this should be called "drive on dirt and down a hill-drive"

[@pixure]

no this is off-road. anything more and it would be rock-crawling

[@ercan.kucukaslan]

no this is not off road and anything more it wouldn't be rock crawling. i love Subaru, i experienced how capable x-mode is but anything in this video is not issue for any 4x2 1.2L atmospheric gasoline sedan even.

[@crazybusdriver1]

@@ercan.kucukaslan 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I have to strongly disagree My 2015 corolla would get stuck right away, even potholes in city streets are an obstacle for my car.

[@dimkazavolokin9457]

Если это офф роуд, то я святая турецкая. 😀😀😀

[@IVANIVAN-nw8rj]

О шо надо как уазик или крузак по самое лобовое в гавно, SUV вообще то для других целей созданы а не по болотам плавать

[@Yury_Komarov]

Да)) больше похоже на неплохую дорогу на дачу))

[@snowflake4614]

Живу на Аляске, у нас все офф роуд, лучшая машина для этого, у каждой семьи на Аляске есть Subaru.

[@leonkub4428]

Посмотреть бы на дизайнера,кто это придумал

[@snowflake4614]

Сергей Кузьмин вы тоже здесь живете? Это не так! SUV превалирует, да, здесь есть Trucks, но учитывайте что в каждой семье по 2-3 машины минимум. А Субару видно везде, это самая популярная машина в нашем штате.

[@josephwahome3373]

How much is this one in kenya

[@oddities-whatnot]

Ive been in deeper water in a Fiat Panda 4x4 with no problems.

[@Drskopf]

I think is time for Subaru to start making a really well made OFF road SUV for rugged terrain to compete with the iconic land Rover discover and Toyota land cruiser that can be seen in all videos and documentaries in South America and Safaris accross Africa, they will probably kill it

[@countdracool1348]

Drskopf totally agree sir. Subaru keeps giving us these stupid pussy vehicles with laggy transmission and keeps saying that they are good off road!!!!!!

[@chaochialiu5652]

六星 就是強------

[@bonnyguillen1424]

Quiero una Forester ahora mismo.

[@RogerWilcoSnr]

Why can’t we buy our subarus in that colour in the UK?

[@yucelgundogan9257]

👍👍

[@mattjardin1]

On this episode of things you can do in a Camry.

[@martinr8278]

Hardly

[@ahmetpakin1170]

please bring xt back .....

[@jackralf2916]

i have no experience driving a subaru. how about its reliability compare to other japanese brands such as toyota and honda?

[@CircleBrewery]

Cvt?

[@Datartari]

i want the XT model back

[@awesomelife3680]

Do a long steep uphill with uneven terrain

[@region0706]

красивее стал прошлого.

[@oxygenvn5984]

Is CVT transmissions good for offroad?

[@eng.algareebsaudi1648]

No

[@farashi1980]

cvt+boxer 👎

[@amar99ify]

I am not an expert on off road...but it seems even a two wheel drive can easily handle these track..

[@sannewgen]

Suzuki alto can do this.

[@barryetherton4889]

No way a 2 Wheel drive can do that.

[@RobertAlbertovich]

Я на полторахе лисе всю эту трассу проеду на изи просто, так все подогнали что даже днищем и бампером не зацепил)

[@DusanZS]

Consuption during test .....??

[@user-vz4qu7yd9r]

لماذا لا تكون زاوية الاقتراب تكيفيه يمكن تعديلها؟!

[@mohamedsharkawy2661]

عربيه جميله جدا

[@kennethkiptoo9431]

Am in Kenya this is my dream car Subaru make it happen

[@GAVANACHRONICLES]

I am here too, from Kenya hapa Kitengela

[@barzengamusic]

Kumbe pia nyi mmetambua hii gari

[@user-nq5un2po6k]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻супер авто

[@user-ti1yp2px8l]

За время ролика ни разу в горку не заехал с которых спускался.

[@hamitbayezit8234]

2010 yılından kalmış gibi..

[@andresmartinez-sn3es]

Si el test lo hubiera hecho un particular a ver si da los mismos resultados. Esta SUV en la vida real se queda corta en varias pruebas

[@Mike_44]

Why can't Subaru give the '20 Forester the engine the new Outback and Ascent have? Sighs..

[@otis123405]

Mike or at least a turbo. sigh

[@hi9580]

Otis why not replace turbo with electric motor boost

[@IVANIVAN-nw8rj]

Subaru Made in Japan 🎌 👍🏻

[@basleymsigala2618]

How much

[@user-gc4vl3pk4g]

اي سياره تنزل عادي حتا لو خزان ماء

[@Doc1855]

We can’t get a hybrid here in the United States

[@neverstopz9045]

Manual Transmission?

[@user-kp1dq8rz6p]

זה האוטו שלי נהדר 2021

[@user-ve9xw5zx3b]

Гибрид?

[@BestYakisova]

why the hell remove the turbo?!!

[@MyNameIsNotNick]

You can easily do this on Suzuki Alto or some other simple car... Show us the Subaru in deep snow or mud...

[@miguelferruzola547]

Quien lo vende en Ecuador ?

[@Jakajush]

Noticed the wheel travel is so short..

[@javiermc4834]

And the atack angle is very bad. Forester 2013-2018 is better than Forester 2019 on off road.

[@RobertNES816]

Because its a grocery getter. The Forester or any of these SUV's really had allot of suspension travel. That was only a thing in the 80's and mid 90's until manufacturers realized most people never take these SUV's off road.

[@matthewd3317]

But dose it have a CVT

[@RobertNES816]

Of course it does. Anything to kill power and fun.

[@helok9]

If it does, get the manual or that trans will go.

[@RobertNES816]

@@helok9 The CVT is probably the second worst thing to happen in the automotive world. That combined with skirtless pistons makes for a drivetrain that just won't last.

[@johnhunter5699]

Subaru is well known for its in-born engine oil burn problem due to the design of horizontal box engine. Has this problem ever be solved?

[@MikeKay1978]

I got a 16 year old legacy and it hardly burns any oil.

[@kirill__kirill]

Посмотрел ролик. Это реклама дастера? Потому что форестер почти везде едва не срывает передний бампер, да и не бездорожье это совсем. Та же самая трасса после недели дождей - было бы интереснее

[@husseinalsaggaf7510]

السيارة ممتازة لكن الوكيل في السعوديه اهملها

[@user-kz3oh1gh8i]

وكلا زبالين ولا يبون الشي الطيب لزبون

[@FM-xp6gc]

🇨🇱 valor es muy caros en Chile y refacciones de igual manera creo que esta sobre valorado en mi país Kia ,huiday ,👍💸más baratos y buenos ganándose el respeto.

[@theteeth100]

With turbo??

[@cnichols998]

reyner dela cruz unfortunately not, the new FA24 Turbo only comes in the 2020 Outback XT and the 2019-2020 Ascent, for now. They may turbo the BRZ finally, though.

[@mlmitch3eli387]

That’s what I drive

[@paulc2548]

Only one thing keep me from buying a Forester... the CVT.

[@austmel8862]

Why? The CVT step changes like an 8 speed auto but it's more efficient.