A Subaru Forester Hybrid Is Coming For 2026

The 2025 Subaru Forester shares its 2.5-liter naturally aspirated flat-four engine with its predecessor. Soon, however, its powertrain lineup will expand. At the L.A. Auto Show reveal of the 2025 Forster Thursday, Subaru announced that a hybrid will join the Forester lineup a year after launch.

"While the all-new Forester will begin sales with [internal-combustion] engines, a next-generation hybrid Forester will follow in another year," said Subaru CEO Atsushi Osaki at the vehicle launch. "This will be the first-ever Subaru Forester Hybrid, it represents the next step in our new electrification plan, with more electrified models to follow quickly."

Subaru did offer the previous-generation Forester with its e-Boxer hybrid powertrain in Europe, so this won't be the first electrified Forester. The company offered no further details on the powertrain at the reveal press conference.