2012 Subaru Forester Overview, Reviews, Ratings & Specs

Excellent visibility; compact; excellent safety reputation; good passenger and cargo capacity; good mileage; handles well on the road - smooth ride, highly stable; excellent dependability; very reasonable cost.

I enjoy my Subaru Forester because it is spacious, safe, fantastic in bad weather, and gets good gas mileage, and very rarely needs any intense maintenance, only changing burnt out lights and changing oil.

It is very spacious, great on gas, and has all wheel drive which is very convenient. I love how it handles the road with ease and looks sporty. I live in a rural area that experiences all kinds of weather and never feel unsafe driving in my vehicle.

Its Drivability. It has a great deal of cargo space and is very comfortable for everyone including the driver. It has a nice amount of quickness and it gets a fair amount of gas mileage. Its sound system is fairly nice and it has a very effective in cabin heating and a/c system.

It has great all wheel drive, backup camera and spacious trunk space. I would definitely suggest this to any potential buyer as subarus also hold their value. It is quite common to find this care or ones like it for under 10k.

Less headroom and cargo capacity than full size SUV. Instrument display not as readable as one would like. Seats only four adults comfortably, five maximum. Console lid sometimes slides forward or back when resting arm on it.

The oil light does not always work (specifically the light, the oil is fine), the boxer engine makes maintenance more expensive due to labor costs and equipment necessary to fix the car, and it is a relatively loud car on the inside.

Because of the year it is a little bit outdated in some areas. It has Bluetooth and charging ports for phones but I wish the push to talk function was more sophisticated. It makes it hard to make phone calls while driving. I also would like if it had a touch screen for mapping and such.

After owning this vehicle for approx. 8 years and having driven it for a nice amount of time I cannot point out anything that would classify as a con. To a prospective owner you can be certain that you will be very happy to be the owner of this automobile.

Not to many to myself but to others it may be too much space and it's not the best on gas somewhere like 23 miles to the gallon other brands do offer better solutions. Id advise those who find it too roomy to check out your local Subaru dealer the newer models are smaller.