First New Subaru Forester Models Are Arriving; When Can You Get One?

Look like the 2019 Subaru Forester has gotten bigger and longer big time

Without turbo on a Forester, how can we beat Toyota fav 4 design? Did u see the new concepts from Toyota? It put Forrester design back many yrs again. We need the turbo not to go fast, but for towing in the mountains.

It depends on your need, the NA 2.5 with MT has pretty good solid road handling but is quite lethargic when you need that extra power for passing on the Highway (with 4 passengers and two hockey Bags in the trunk). On the other hand it is cheaper to buy and cheaper to run. My ideal Forester would have that 3.6L engine of the Outback with MT instead of CVT.

I wouldn't take a Forester through any challenging off-roading. Turbo or not, it doesn't have the articulation or gearing for it. My best rock crawler/mudder was a 120HP 4 cylinder Wrangler with 35'' tires, it's all about gearing and articulation.

I have towed my camper up a trail before. 1st gear in my 6m is low enough that it didn't even struggle. But if I want to do serious towing or off-roading, I have a 4x4 F-350 and a 4x4 Jeep with lockers

We are finally able to buy a new car and really wanted a new 2019 Forester with the reduced noise and better ride and better interior like the Outback. But learning it comes with a wimpy 2.5 engine was really puzzling. The 2019 Outbacks have the 3.6 but for some reason they think the more rugged version doesn't need the extra power??? We plan to take road trips and being able to pass and accelerate or getting on the freeway with short on ramp it is IMPORTANT to have a car that can bring it when you need it. My daughter owns a 3.6 Outback 2018. Also an Impreza about 2015. We may just have to go with the Outback which is not as roomy with less visibility and this is disappointing to say the least. I was a big fan of Subaru but it is the least evil being sold out there which is not saying much. We wanted AWD due to lots of rain and icy conditions. I also wished it was electric so I am not tied to one fuel source. I live in hyro electric area. I wish Elon would make a cool SUV that was competitively priced. The consumer reports their their cars are excellent but over priced and too small and not able to meet the demand. I feel a bit led around by the nose by these car manufacturers. I thought when we bailed their you know whats out after 2008 they would do better. They are just giving a lot of lip service. They could work together to create a grid of fueling places for electric cars but just don't. I thought by the time I was able to pay for a new car the options would be spectacular but they miss the mark in a big ways. The electronics on these things are wonderful but Subaru has a terrible track record with just the simple radios with these units. How hard can it be to make a radio? The Impreza had a horrible phone interface which you could hardly understand the person on a call. No fixes for it either. Her Outback's radio had to be replaced since there was no fix for it so they gave her a newer model?? I read up about the head gaskets on Subarus and for years Subaru couldn't engineer themselves out of a paper bag let alone fix simple things like the gaskets or simple radio. We can't afford to be living with a bad new car so trying to it vet this purchase out but the more I look the more problems I see, not really solid options. Maybe buying used like we have been and not paying top dollar for old technology and poor engineering with these new models might be a better way to go and to adjust expectations all around. Sitting on the fence.