- The 2025 Subaru Forester will soon go on sale, and the company has released pricing for each trim.
- The Forester’s base model now starts at $31,090, which is $2650 more than before; the rest of the lineup receives similar price increases between $2000 and $2930.
- For 2025, the Premium starts at $33,390, the Sport starts at $35,890, the Limited starts at $37,390, and the Touring crests the $40K mark with a $41,390 base price.
The 2025 Subaru Forester lineup receives sizable prices increases across the board that follow its substantial redesign. Along with fresh bodywork, a stiffer platform, and myriad other upgrades, the least expensive Forester now starts at $31,090. That’s $2650 higher than the outgoing version, and the other trim levels will be similarly more expensive when they go on sale later this spring.
Pricier Foresters
Subaru plans to introduce a hybrid powertrain next year, but for now every Forester has a revised 2.5-liter boxer four-cylinder engine that makes 180 horsepower and 178 pound-feet of torque; all-wheel drive remains a standard commodity. The Premium trim is the next step up from the entry-level Forester, and it starts at $33,390 ($2000 more than before). Then there’s the $35,890 Sport and $37,390 Limited models, which see their base prices rise by $2930 and $2315, respectively. The Touring continues to be the top-of-the-line Forester. Thanks to a $2900 price hike, its $41,390 base price makes it the first Forester to crest the $40K mark (minus any options).
As far as available packages go, the Premium trim offers a $1200 kit that adds a power rear liftgate as well as a blind-spot monitor and rear cross-traffic alert. The Sport can be upgraded with an 11-speaker Harman Kardon sound system, a power rear liftgate, rear automated emergency braking, and extra drive modes via a $1700 package. The Limited can be optioned with a similar package that costs $1600 but adds TomTom built-in navigation.
For those wondering about the more outdoorsy Forester Wilderness, Subaru says the current version will continue to be sold alongside the new 2025 lineup. It will start at $36,265. However, we expect Subaru to release a new Wilderness model at some point, and we’ve even imagined what it might look like.
Eric Stafford’s automobile addiction began before he could walk, and it has fueled his passion to write news, reviews, and more for Car and Driver since 2016. His aspiration growing up was to become a millionaire with a Jay Leno–like car collection. Apparently, getting rich is harder than social-media influencers make it seem, so he avoided financial success entirely to become an automotive journalist and drive new cars for a living. After earning a journalism degree at Central Michigan University and working at a daily newspaper, the years of basically burning money on failed project cars and lemon-flavored jalopies finally paid off when Car and Driver hired him. His garage currently includes a 2010 Acura RDX, a manual ’97 Chevy Camaro Z/28, and a ’90 Honda CRX Si.