I'm a head-turner when checking lane changes. Mirrors are great, but other drivers can ALWAYS find a blind spot to hide in. Head-turnings prove that. So when the back windows have a lifted bottom edge, that hides MORE, not less.

@JeffGes

11 күн бұрын

Head-room INSIDE is fine. I always find myself banging the DOOR SILL - not in the Forester, but in everything else. It's really agonizing to find vans and smaller pickups requiring contortions to enter without repeated head-bonks.

@JeffGes

11 күн бұрын

The self-braking also presents a danger level. Do you like to stomp on brakes when making a turn? That's what "adaptive braking" can do... here's the situation... drive thru a residential neighbor (low speed) and make a right curl on the street. Someone starts backing out in front of you - you can gently swerve and avoid them. With Eyesight, it might SLAM the brakes on while the driver is making that swerve. With the higher center of gravity, slammed-on-brakes during a turn can be DISASTROUS. Somehow, Brake Assist doesn't include the concept that drivers CAN turn their wheel as a "response" instead of slamming on brakes. I hear cars have had steering wheels for about 'forever', Subaru. Ya might wanna believe YOUR cars too have steering wheels and include those in your formula for 'driver responses'.

@lorenschwiderski

5 күн бұрын

@@JeffGes To top-off the automatic braking, some models have emergency steering. Whoa! That is a load of faith in technology, with endless possibilities in this world. On a test drive of an Outback I experiences the lane centering issue. I had to fight the wheel to position the car nearer the crown of the roadway. It kept wanting to hug the right side of the lane. Not liking the modern car tech wise. In regard to blind spots, they should go away once the mirrors are adjusted properly to work with the center mirror to cover the whole back and side areas.

I like it, simple and not complicated. OEMs today are packing cars up to the gunnel with features the driver doesn’t need which jacks up the price

Dan, The market is still waiting for the CX-50 Hybrid which is dependent on Toyota Hybrid components. I would imagine Subaru has to wait in line behind Mazda to get theirs.

I will keep my 2014 Forester XT. Too bad southerly north americains did not appreciate this 2 liter turbo marvel of smoothness and quiet power.

Really does look like a ford, the original front end of the edge or fusion is what i think of.....ill keep my Crosstrek....

Subarus definitely creeping up in cost 2024. Certainly worth it, but no longer a steal like 2023 and earlier. About 5K Canadian or more up each model, Crosstrek, Outback, ect

For those not off-roading, perhaps the Toyota Venza makes more sense --- what ya think? The Toyota hybrid has the better interior, and exterior looks, and sells for less than the non-hybrid Foresters, once you get into higher trims. It is so close the the Sport, price wise. Has Subaru pricing gone overboard? I have seen the new Forester in a dark gray metallic, base model, and it was pretty boring -- bland all around. Not even manual lumbar support on the base models. The blue or red might spice things up, but the grill just looks like a huge chunk of plastic. Why didn't they just eliminate the upper half which is not open anyway? Maybe they use the water base paints and are attempting to keep the chipping down --- a good thing, perhaps.

I really like this new 2025 Subaru Forester. I hope they don't change the engine, because the 2.5 liter 4 cylinder Boxer engine is great. Nobody likes those little 4 cylinder turbo engines, just ask Toyota. This new 2025 Subaru Forester looks like it has a nice roomy interior, and it's new gray interior color is much better, and cooler temperature wise than the old black interior.

People still by them so I guess their not too worried…also Toyota isn’t any better at updating and people still buy those too…so maybe just let the car manufacturer keep doing what they do

It's shame that Subaru don't have any Hybrid car or suv yet ..........falling behind all other Car makers .wake up SUBARU😔

@GameOnRammy

4 күн бұрын

Yes but at the same time no other Car makers have the Symmetrical AWD, I think trying to have that AWD and a Hybrid it's was keeping them behind

Am not really impressed…haven’t been impressed with Subarus due to their boring boxer engines and CVT! Only nice thing going for them is their Symmetrical AWD

@scottanthony3426

17 күн бұрын

Yes, they've been soldiering on with this 2.5L for a long time now, and it is just falling further behind other cars on the road. I have not driven a '25 (which has minor tweaks to the engine tune, with 2 HP fewer and 2 torque more, and apparently slightly revised gearing) but drove several trim levels of the '24. My point of comparison is my '14 XT, which I have had since new. The 2.5 is "adequate" up to about 45 or 50, but when trying to accelerate to 60-70, it really runs out of steam and that next 10 mph gain after about 50 is agonizingly slow. It is even worse in the Outback, which is lugging around an extra 300-400 lbs. There are some good deals to be had on a '24, and I was close to pulling the trigger, but after sleeping on it, I just could not bring myself to spend another 7-10 years with this drivetrain. Looking elsewhere, and/or hoping the eventual hybrid (long overdue) can put a little more punch in this thing. Fortunately,, my XT has been rock solid, but at 133K miles, I prefer to be thinking about something new. It was a sad day when someone in the front office decided to nix the XT Forester. (BTW, the current XT Outback is lacking vs my Forester. They did nothing to the suspension, brakes, wheels/tires as part of the Outback's XT package, and now sport modes are buried two screens deep in the clunky infotainment system/interface instead of real buttons on the steering wheel.)

Nothing spectacular as usual as Subaru!

@lcann251

17 күн бұрын

They will definitely sell a shit ton more of them than whatever vehicle you are marketing

@eddi3401

17 күн бұрын

@@lcann251definitely will!