Posted Friday, October 24, 2025 at 10:06pm
o this point, Subaru has been a relatively minor player in the hybrid game, but adding a hybrid option to their wildly popular Forester shows that’s about to change. So, let’s find out what the Forester Hybrid has to offer greener-minded Subaru buyers.
The Subaru Forester kicked off its sixth generation earlier this year, and in our Road Test we praised Subaru for delivering a Forester that wasn’t all that different than before, just better in all the right ways. Now already, they’re shaking things up with this first-ever 2025 Forester Hybrid.
Available in all trims except Base and Wilderness, their latest hybrid converts the standard normally-aspirated 2.5-liter flat-four to run on Atkinson cycle, and then adds a pair of electric motors for a total output of 194 horsepower, 14 more than the standard Forester. Both electric motors are integrated into the CVT transmission, one taking on the dual role of starter and alternator, the other feeding more go power, a healthy 199 lb-ft of torque, to speed things along.
