2025 Subaru Forester review
Subaru has dusted off the STI badge for a new special-edition Forester, but it's not everything it's cracked up to be.
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Max Davies
Mazda CX-9 vs Subaru Forester Comparison
Mazda CX-9
Subaru Forester
2025 Mazda
CX-9
vs
2026 Subaru
Forester
Select Variants...
How they stack...
Best suitable for...
Driving the family
Long distance driving
Off-roadingFuel Efficiency
72L - 74L
605 to 666 km
63L
391 to 498 km
ANCAP Safety Rating
Warranty
5 year
warranty
warranty
5 year
warranty
warranty
MSRP
$47,600 - $74,400
$43,490 - $55,990
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Max Davies
Marketplace Journalist
Max Davies drove this car and these were their findings:
Hits
- Quality, premium-leaning interior
- Sportier handling
- STI appears again...
Misses
- ...like this?
- Hardly a special edition
- Dreary CVT
Colours Available
For the 2022 model year, the CX-9 is available in the following finishes:
- Machine Grey metallic*
- Polymetal Grey metallic*
- Soul Red Crystal metallic*
- Snowflake White Pearl mica
- Sonic Silver metallic
- Titanium Flash mica
- Deep Crystal Blue mica
- Jet Black mica
*Premium finishes cost $495
The 2024 Subaru Forester is available in the following exterior paint colours, depending on the variant:
- Crystal White Pearl
- Ice Silver Metallic
- Brilliant Bronze Metallic
- Crimson Red Pearl
- Autumn Green Metallic
- Horizon Blue Pearl
- Cascade Green Silica
- Magnetite Grey Metallic
- Crystal Black Silica
- Sapphire Blue Pearl
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Specs
| Type | ||
| TURBO PETROL DIRECT INJECTION | - | |
| Size (cc) | ||
| 2488 | 2498 | |
| Size (L) | ||
| 2.5L | 2.5L | |
| Cylinders | ||
| 4 | 4 | |
| Camshaft | ||
| DUAL OVERHEAD CAM | DUAL OVERHEAD CAM | |
| Valves/Ports per Cylinder | ||
| 16 | 16 | |
| Power | ||
| 170kW | 136kW - 145kW | |
| Power RPM | ||
| 5000 | 5800 | |
| Torque | ||
| 420Nm | 247Nm | |
| Torque RPM | ||
| 2000 | 3700 | |
| Bore Stroke | ||
| 100 | - | |
| Compression Ratio | ||
| - | - | |
