2025 Subaru Forester Interior | A Look Inside

You should have put blindspot indicator on the mirror itself just like other manufacturers.

We have been having Outbacks forever, and I always wanted a second Subaru for myself that would npy be such a drag to park in the city and would be a bit more stylish inside … I ve never liked Forester but this one I really really lome. But I can see how old Forester owners do not, especially if it is the only car (for me, there is no dilema if you go for one – that must be Outback always and forever) but as a second car on the family only for me and my daughters especially for around the city, errands and hikes – it is absoulutely perfect – finally ! As for family travels it will always be Outback

i would have bought it if it were exactly a gen 5 build with a turbo engine.

wow!!!!

I appreciate that Subaru still using analogue dials and has a "normal" gear shift. I would like to by the hybrid when it becomes available.

would prefer cooling seat not heated seat Subaru!! My balls are already HOT, they need cooling. Please make models that buyer chooses either heated seats or cooling seats…

As a longtime Subaru owner, I think this looks great inside and out. I love the brown Touring leather. My only disappointment is you didn’t put the new 1.8 Turbo from Japan in it for more torque and MPG’s.

I BEG OF YOU, ALONG WITH MILLIONS OF OTHER HAPPY OWNERS, BRING BACK A 5 SPEED OR 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION FORESTER, PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE. WHY MESS WITH GREATNESS?

More like a downgrade. That infotainment system is possessed by Satan! 👿

Thanks Subaru to “update” the mid control panel to this useless & distracting large touch screen, so that now I can remove this 2025 Forester from my list.

Subura is now a grandma's car. It is not a durable off road AWD vehicle it's a problem waiting to happen!
The obnoxious box on your front windshield should be fun to change and then calibrate SMH. The idiotic 16" computer tablet mounted in the dash should do well with dust, dirt, mud and vibration SMH. That stupid auto start stop is ludicrous! The seats stain with just a drop of water. That stupid E brake pump that will break or not work correctly very soon. Subaru does not do finance deals everyone else does.
Do yourself a favor DO NOT BUY A SUBARU!

Fordster

I bought a Forester Touring last December.
I LOVE the brown leather interior.
I HATE that the oil pressure light flickers. I HATE that my dashboard lights keep burning out and I especially HATE that the transmission has to be replaced with having less than 14K miles.
As soon as my Lemon gets a new transmission, I’ll be selling my Forester and going back to Toyota.
This is my First and Last Subaru EVER.
Subaru can go 🖕🏽Themselves !!!

no CD player 🙁

Superb upgrades! Compliments to all who contributed to make the Forester even better. I can't wait for the configurator to go live

Looks great and streamlined but there is still something about having the tactile touch of knobs/switches for temperature controls. It's also less distracting when you have your eyes on the road which increases safety. Digital screen temperature controls are more distracting.

2025 Will Be A Better year than 2020.

As a consumer: wow Subaru really did double down on "let's put the huge touchscreen in our cars and remove most of the physical buttons!" trend. What used to be intuitive physical controls now gone and the days of fumbling around on the touchscreen and menu diving to do certain functions upon us now.
I have been driving Subarus for quite some time now and had an Ascent as a loaner not long ago, and I truly hate that most controls are in the huge touchscreen most especially HVAC controls. Why? In order to adjust the fan speed, you have to take your eyes OFF THE ROAD and not only that that is NOT good, it IS ALSO DANGEROUS! 
Bigger screens does not equate to better user experience as it just means it is a bigger distraction and less intuitive controls due to the loss of physical buttons. IMHO, Honda's implementation of touchscreen + physical buttons on their new Pilot is leagues ahead of what Subaru has been doing lately. Having every function in the tablet would have worked for level 3 autonomous cars and up but Subarus are far from that. Taking your eyes OFF THE ROAD to fumble on the touch screen for something and menu diving while driving is dangerous and whoever signed off on moving most of the functions to the touch screen should seriously be fired. You are endangering drivers with that implementation.
Don't fix what is not broken, Subaru.

As a Software Engineer who primarily works on the front-end and user experience. I may work on different kinds of applications than that of automotive applications but the same principles still apply. This implementation clearly shows Subaru does not care of ACCESSIBILITY, USER CENTRICITY, AND USER CONTROL.
Users are accustomed to certain mechanics from certain things and when you deviate this much from what users are accustomed to, you create confusion and issues. Ex: the haptic feedback when typing on your phone's virtual keyboard, the loud sound vacuums make when turned on, etc. Sure, users are accustomed to drop downs and multi-level menus but automotive apps and desktop/mobile/web apps are vastly different in how they are used. Automotive apps should be easy and intuitive for the passengers especially the driver. You placed many functions inside multiple levels of menu and that will force drivers to menu dive when driving and guess what. Doing that will require drivers to take their eyes off the road which is clearly dangerous. 
Some trims on some models are even equipped with the large touchscreen and driver monitoring system which would yell at the driving for using certain functions that are buried in menus a few levels down. Don't you think that that combination conflicts with each other? Since you are basically telling the driver to: "Hey! Keep your eyes on the road!" but it is your implementation that force drivers to take their eyes off the road to adjust something buried in the menus and it is like reprimanding them in doing so.
Subaru, take a step back and review this implementation, and learn from it for the next generation infotainment system and center console in your cars. Look at Honda, when people complained about the volume knob getting removed from the 10th gen Civic, they brought it back on the 11th gen Civic. Subaru, I absolutely love the no non-sense approach in your previous iterations which are very intuitive but this? Don't fix what is not broken. Don't chase trends just for the heck of it or at the cost of safety.

beautiful

Nope. Just nope! Design inspired by Ford? Really? And even looks cheaper than a ford. I’m worried for you guys!

same dash board gauge design???

No turbo or LCD front display. Sports trim has no duel exhaust. Same crap infotainment lag. Sorry Subaru, go back to the drawing board and do it again.

I like it! Looks modern

Yeah… y’all haven’t been listening at all if you think this is what we want… like I guess I’m gonna be looking around next time I buy cause this ain’t it. It better still handle like a subaru or they really have pooched it

I really miss the dual screens. It was such a Subaru thing. The vertical tablet looks so weird in a car.