Subaru · Forester

Subaru Forester 5th generation (SK)

Years
2018–2025
Chassis
SK
Drivetrain
4WD
Subaru Forester 5th generation (SK)

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Story

A global strategic model that SUBARU positioned as its best-selling car. It added SUBARU's first occupant recognition technology, the "driver monitoring system", and "e-BOXER" as new values.

Stories

01

Feeling your way with the accelerator

At first, Nunome struggled with how to use the e-BOXER's motor. A motor can be made to work exactly as much as you want, when you want, and it turns properly even at low speed. On rough roads you want to feel your way with the accelerator, like walking while feeling the ground with your feet. You can't do that unless the car moves exactly as much as you press, and a motor can do it. They applied that responsiveness where it was truly needed.

Chassis

Width1,815 mmHeight1,715-1,730 mm
Length4,625 mm
Curb weight
1,520-1,660kg

Production plants

US import eligibility

Earliest cars
Eligible from July 204325 years after sales began in July 2018
Last cars
Eligible during 205025 years after sales ended in 2025 (month not recorded)

Eligibility depends on each car's month of manufacture on its build plate, not on the sale dates shown here (NHTSA).

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Engineers

Tomoyuki Nunome

Tomoyuki Nunome

Project general manager (PGM) who served as development leader of the new (fifth-generation) Forester.