This is an overseas car news: Brothers, the sixth-generation Subaru Forester hybrid version is about to be updated! This time, the powertrain has been completely upgraded, equipped with a strong hybrid system, and the power of the drive motor has been upgraded. Recently, an overseas car spy photographer captured a camouflage body photo.
The hybrid version of the Forester is based on the sixth-generation Forester, and the new car is expected to be unveiled sometime in 2025 and officially launched as the 2026 model.
In fact, it is not a big news that Subaru is going to launch a hybrid version in the Forester, but the most important point of the car is the new hybrid system under the hood, which was jointly developed by Subaru and Toyota, and some of them are also involved.
Subaru calls this system "Strong Hybrid." The system, which is currently used in the hybrid version of the Subaru Asahi Leopard unveiled in Japan, consists of a 2.5-liter horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine combined with a drive motor and battery developed by Toyota, and the new system is more powerful than Subaru's existing hybrid system.
In addition, the driving range in pure electric mode is also longer than that of the current model, the operating time of the engine is longer, and it can even be transformed into a generator to charge the battery under certain working conditions, and there seems to be a range extension mode integrated into it. It's not because there is a strong hybrid system that uses the same electric four-wheel drive as Toyota. The new Forester still uses the traditional mechanical all-wheel drive system.
The Asahi Leopard Hybrid currently sold in Japan is equipped with a 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 158 horsepower, a drive motor capable of providing 88 horsepower, and a battery capacity of only 1.1 kWh. However, Subaru did not reveal more details about the new Xubao Hybrid, but said that the fuel economy is about 20% less than the old model, and the acceleration to 100 kilometers is 2 seconds shorter than the old model.
In addition, it is also revealed that the new generation of Forester derivative models will not only be hybrid, but will also be accompanied by the new Wilderness version, compared to the previous generation of Wilderness Edition, the new version will further improve ground clearance, and with new off-road tires, let's wait and see.