Tougher back-seat rules left the RAV4, CR-V, and Tiguan without a 2026 award. Here's every compact SUV that still qualifies, from $30,085, and the trim and build-date fine print.
The new $32,995 base Outback undercuts a Forester Premium with its liftgate package by $180. The Outback wins on cargo and towing, the Forester on price and running costs.
A bone-stock Passport, a title-defending Forester on 30-inch tires, and a MINI that isn't on sale yet will all chase the same X-Cross class across 1,500 miles of desert.
Carey Lando and Andrea Shaffer will defend their X-Cross title in the same 2025 Forester Hybrid, now rebuilt with more lift and hardware than any Forester Subaru sells.
The 2027 Forester keeps its $29,995 starting price for the second year running, while a new Wilderness Hybrid becomes the first electrified model in Subaru's off-road sub-brand.
Subaru moved 62,028 vehicles in August, up 1.3 percent — but nearly all of it came from gas crossovers, while the Solterra fell 87 percent and the Legacy sold five cars.