Subaru Forester EV.
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Toyota is currently developing an all-new EV model they will share with Subaru. It will have a more formal SUV shape than the BZ4X and Solterra and will be sold in the US as well as Europe. Just like their previous collaboration, the only difference between the Subaru and Toyota versions will mostly be the front end.
Toyota officials have also mentioned that future EVs will be using “existing and familiar Toyota nameplates”. That will soon mean goodbye to idiotic names like BZ4X. However, it is interesting to note that the revised BZ4X just introduced is still using the “old” name.
The new naming system will start with the C-HR+. Using the C-HR name while both cars are actually unrelated. This will probably be the same thing for that mystery new EV that will probably be called RAV4 +. That would mean that maybe Subaru will be doing this same thing with their new SUV. The only name I can think of to use would be “Forester”. Unless the new model is truly much smaller than the Solterra. In that case “Crosstrek” could be appropriate.
The new EV is also rumored to have a shape that is very similar to the 2026 RAV4. It is expected from both Toyota and Subaru by the end of this year.
Currently, the Subaru Solterra starts at $38,500. Which is actually about $1000 cheaper than the cheapest AWD version of the Toyota BZ4X. A new model would have to be quite a bit cheaper to make sense. Which could compete against the new Forester Hybrid starting at $35,000. That wouldn’t make much sense.
The shadowy trailer above (from Toyota) doesn’t seem to show a very small SUV. It does seem larger than a Crosstrek. Or maybe, the new model will actually sit above the Solterra. Starting at a higher price.
Whatever happens, it’ll be cool to see another Subaru EV sold in the US. later, another larger 3-row EV SUV will also be shared with a new Toyota EV model.