Subaru Forester Review | Is It A Real Off Roader?

Today on Buckle Up Harry drives the Subaru Forester, an AWD, off road ready lifestyle mobile. Popular with drivers in areas of the world with heavy snowfall, and lesbians in the United States of America, Subaru has a reputation for saftey, durability, capability and practicality. So does this Hybrid Forester keep up that tradition?
Competing against the likes of the Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage, Nissan Qashqai, MG ZS, BMW X3, Audi Q3, Skoda Kodiaq, Seat Ateca, Volkswagen Tiguan, Mercedes Benz GLC, Range Rover Evoque, Land Rover Discovery Sport, Volvo XC60, Honda CRV, Toyota RAV4, Renault Kadjar and the Lexus UX, can the Scooby stand out
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[@HolaMundoDev]

I just got this car, and I loved your review! However seems a bit different, outside looks the same, interior is a bit different... it has sunroof, it runs on petrol full and has 182hp, I'm concerned about your thoughts on towing capacity. Your review said that it has 150hp, do you think that the 182hp will do sufficiently better compared to the 150hp? Thanks and I loved the review!

[@BuckleUpShow]

So I think that will be the 2.5 NA engine. I'm not sure where you are but Car and Driver says that model is rated to tow 1500 lbs (680 KG). This eBoxer model can actually tow 1870 KG, which is considerably more. Check the type approval where you are though, towing capacity is as much about brakes, suspension and chassis strength as it is about grunt

[@lewlewis6511]

You're missing out what Subarus are really about, from a drivers point of view. They are almost unrivalled in vehicle handling in adverse conditions, not specifically designed as on off roader they have the ability to cover ground in poor conditions almost as quickly as they can in the dry competently. You won't want to be in anything else in the winter or even the wet, sure footed doesn't begin to describe the levels of grip and vehicle competence. Not a car for everyone, there's arguably better and cheaper alternatives if you just want a medium sized SUV for 3 years of renting/leasing/pcp'ing and if your driving is entirely on normal grid locked roads then arguably a Subaru is wasted anyway and the badge isn't going to impress the Audi owners association on the housing estate if that counts as it does for many, but looked after this will still be giving good service long after many of those alternatives have fallen apart.

[@BuckleUpShow]

The whole of the UK is missing the point then seen as barely anybody buys them here

[@voytech5776]

Great review! 💪👍 Greetings from Poland! 😁

[@BuckleUpShow]

Greetings to Poland

[@NapalmBond]

My Forester X Sport is the same colour, but has the 2.5 engine. Also has a sunroof. But loved your review.

[@BuckleUpShow]

It would be nice if we could still get a 2.5, or a turbo

[@caryg4638]

You are a really good reviewer. Thanks.

[@BuckleUpShow]

Very kind of you to say

[@esabria]

Surprised you didn't takebit wading, on the UK back roads this is a must!

[@BuckleUpShow]

There isn't really anywhere to take a car wading round our way

[@esabria]

@@BuckleUpShow fair enough. Thabks gor taking tge time to reply and Merry Christmas 🙃😁😉

[@BuckleUpShow]

Merry Christmas ☺️

[@angrymuffinsb]

Do you think it’s more capable off road than a compass trailhawk?

[@BuckleUpShow]

Probably not, but in the UK they end up being the same price and while I might gravitate towards the Jeep it's a hard sell to get someone to pick a smaller less well equipped car for the same money

[@danzarlenga3542]

Those exact two vehicles were part of this offroad multitest: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaSod4J-bLCDY7Msi=haCFwEpbJezdkLwQ In this test at least the Forester wasted the Compass trailhawk ofroad, which surprised the tester. Forster came out on top of all 12 vehicles tested

[@sunseeker7099]

USA, Canada and Australia all love Subarus for a very simple reason: they have the best AWD system of any SUV. So Subaru's are not a true 4WD and they don't pretend to be but they excel in dirt, mud and snow. And where is the UK anyhow? Is that the land of bad food and worse weather? 😂

[@BuckleUpShow]

I'll assume you're from the USA then as people from elsewhere are capable of reading a map

[@jackreed782]

"Twatt" 😂😂😂😂

[@BuckleUpShow]

It's a lovely place we really want to visit ☺️

[@mattmcnaughton8414]

Orange splitter = SSPPPWWWOOOORRRTTTT

[@BuckleUpShow]

Sppwwwwooooorrrrrrtttttahhhaahahhhhh

[@oliverstemp9132]

It’s ugly but spacious and reasonably priced. More people should look at a Subaru.

[@BuckleUpShow]

Not as reasonably priced as a Rexton though

[@user-ql3ge2us4s]

Really? I like the way it looks.

[@angrymuffinsb]

I really don’t get why Japanese manufacturers are so far behind on their infotainment. Just let’s them down so much

[@BuckleUpShow]

I guess they know if you're a techy sort of person you'll use android auto or Apple car play, and if you're not a techy sort of person you probably won't care if the satnav looks a bit old

[@angrymuffinsb]

@@BuckleUpShow this is very true, although Toyota were really late to the game with CarPlay. My company car is a Corolla, when I had a courtesy car Prius (70 plate) it didn’t have it

[@iainjackson5107]

Because they usually let others sort the issues out first and then they’ll introduce tech once they know all the issues have been ironed out

[@salsamancer]

It's probably that cars have a much longer design/production lifecycle than your smartphone. It's only naturally that what seems like state of the art a few years ago is out of date by the time the car is at the dealership

[@BuckleUpShow]

That would be a great theory if many other manufacturers weren't capable of putting more modern software in their cars, but they are