Family car review: Subaru Forester Hybrid 2020

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Having loved the all-new Subaru Forester when it came out in 2019 I am pleased to see Subaru making a hybrid version and look forward to putting it through our BabyDrive testing and driving it with my family!

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Three child seats fit nicely in the back seats. There are three top tether anchorages in the seatbacks that are easily accessible through the boot and ISOFix points in the two outer rear seats. They are covered over with velcro fixed panels that I think over time will collect kids' dust, fluff and food in the velcro.

Legroom is really good in the Forester and even with rear-facing child seats installed, we could fit a 184cm driver in front of them. With forward-facing, you can easily fit a 184cm+ passenger in front.

Space has not been taken away from the boot in the hybrid model which is often the case. It is still spacious, however, the spare tyre has gone from underneath the boot floor in place of fitting in the battery.

We found fifteen shopping bags would fit in the boot of the Subaru Forester Hybrid from empty or a large dog. That's equal to the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV and one more than the Toyota RAV4 hybrid. The boot floor is nice and flat good for dogs and suitable for an emergency nappy change and there are shopping bag hooks on both sides of the boot and a 12V socket on the left.

A twin side-by-side pram fits in the boot with six shopping bags as well as most other sizes of pram and stroller.

Storage is good inside the Subaru Forester Hybrid as well. All the door bins are well-sized to hold a large refillable water bottle, the cup holders in the front and back hold reusable and disposable coffee cups. The glove box and central console boxes are good sizes. The rear map pockets have extra sections to hold more than just an iPad.

The media system is the same nice modern system that we loved in the 2019 Subaru Forester. It also has Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, as well as digital radio, which is excellent. The sat-nav is easily navigated and the guidance is easily muted on the screen. The reversing camera image is lovely and clear and fills the whole screen.

You can adjust the volume of the parking sensors in the screen in front of the steering wheel but I couldn't turn it off.

There is also the smaller screen, above the media screen, where you can see two extra camera views, one out of the front and the other is down the left-hand kerb, which I found really useful. There are two buttons in the central console to control these cameras.

Overall the new 2020 Subaru Forester Hybrid SUV is practical in terms of size and fitting everything and everyone in, but the hybrid is a missed opportunity.

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