Made to move.

As versatile as you are, the Forester offers quick and easy design solutions to accommodate many situations. The smartly designed framework allows for optimal handling as well as a flexible cargo area that can take on almost anything and everything.

The combination of ingenious flexibility, large cargo capacity and convenient ways to store, hold and secure items make the Forester ready for every outing.

The Forester is well prepared to keep up with your life, from planned vacations to spontaneous shopping. The expanded cargo area can accommodate four large suitcases whilst a power rear gate, wider door openings and lower side sills help load and unload with ease. For longer items, the rear seats fold flat in a 60/40 split.

There is a whole host of individual storage areas around the cabin, including a centre tray, overhead console, door pocket with bottle holders and a seat back pocket.

Widening the door openings and flattening the floor has expanded the interior room. This provides an exceptional level of comfort that can be found at all five seats.

Your safety is our priority.

The Forester is designed to protect its occupants with a series of advanced systems and features, balancing rigid strength with controlled deformation in key areas to better manage impact forces. Systematically placed airbags, whiplash-reducing front seats, retracting pedals and 3-point seatbelts are all part of providing safety to the occupants directly.

Ring-Shaped Reinforcement Frames

The Ring-shaped Reinforcement Frames strengthen the passenger cabin's roof, doors, pillars and floor. This design helps divert and dissipate impact energy away from the occupants in a collision by use of high-strength materials and strategic placements. Whilst making it stronger with increased torsional rigidity, the overall frame is still lightweight.

Break Away Engine

Every Subaru goes above and beyond common practice when it comes to your safety. In the event of a head-on collision, the SUBARU BOXER engine and gearbox are designed to absorb the impact and break away from the cabin for your protection.

Seats, Seatbelts and SRS^*1 Airbags

Standard on Forester are front SRS airbags, plus front-side and curtain SRS airbags. Also, a driver's side knee SRS airbag greatly increases protection of the lower extremities in frontal impacts. Height-adjustable front seatbelts feature pretensioners to hold passengers firmly in place, and load limiters that ease peak forces to the chest. In a rear collision, front seats utilise rigid frames, firm headrests and such details as energy-absorbing mounting of the inner seat springs, all to help reduce the chance of whiplash.

All-Round Visibility

The Forester is highly ranked for superior visibility. By redesigning the A-pillar and integrating the partition windows into the front doors, we greatly reduced the size of blind spots. The side mirrors have also been placed onto the door panels, creating a remarkably open field of view. You can see easily in both the front and rear directions, so driving in the city on narrow roads is never a problem.

Pedestrian Protection

Shock-absorbing space within the vehicle helps reduce pedestrian injury, as do an energy-absorbing front bumper with a specially designed area around the windshield wipers. And in order to provide protection in the head zone, a split-type construction in the front has been implemented.