Launched in 2018, the fifth-generation Subaru Forester received a round of visual updates and a handful of other improvements in its home country of Japan. These changes will likely find their way to the American-spec model.
Subaru’s mid-cycle revisions are normally minor, but the Forester swims against the current. Its front end gains a grille that’s taller and wider than the current model’s, sharper-looking headlights, and a redesigned lower bumper. These changes give the Forester a more SUV-like design, according to the firm, and reading between the lines suggest there’s a more rugged Wilderness-badged variant right around the corner. New-look alloy wheels are on the list of changes, too, and there might be more out back, but photos of the rear end haven’t been released.
As designers gave the Forester a brawnier design, engineers made improvements to the suspension system. All trim levels benefit from these tweaks, but Subaru hasn’t detailed them yet. It only noted the updated Forester manages to offer a comfortable ride in laid-back driving conditions and sporty handling if the occasion calls for it.
