We have identified for a while {that a} Forester Hybrid is on the way in which. When the next-gen SUV debuted final 12 months on the LA Auto Present, Subaru of America President Jeff Walters stated the hybrid would arrive roughly a 12 months after the gasoline model. Now, we now have a common timeframe: Mid-2025.

Bounce over to Subaru’s web site and you will find a quick point out of the Forester Hybrid arriving for the 2025 mannequin 12 months. Sneaking in as a 2025 mannequin, we’ll assume mid-2025 means extra like June or probably July. Launching later would push it perilously near the 2026 mannequin 12 months, however whatever the timing, it can mark Subaru’s return to the hybrid world after canning the electrified Crosstrek in 2023.

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Particulars of the powertrain have not been introduced but, however Toyota will likely be tapped for the electrical motor and battery tech. That should not come as any shock, given the partnership between the businesses. The Subaru Solterra and Toyota bZ4X EVs are an identical save for minor stylistic modifications, however that does not imply Subaru will ditch its flat-four for one thing inline. It would seemingly use the identical setup that debuted earlier this 12 months on the brand new Crosstrek Hybrid in Japan; a 2.5-liter boxer-four with a single electrical motor in parallel association. That may enable the Forester to run electric-only for brief intervals.

Whole system output is unknown, however the gas-only Forester presently has 180 horsepower and 178 pound-feet of torque. It is cheap to anticipate the Forester hybrid to have extra energy with the electrical motor added, probably taking the place of the long-absent turbocharged Forester XT. Given Subaru’s teaser for the upcoming hybrid, it is secure to imagine effectivity will likely be highlighted over all the pieces else. And sure, it can nonetheless retain Subaru’s all-wheel-drive system.

We’ll share all the small print of the brand new Forester Hybrid as quickly as they’re out there.