Subaru is debuting two specialized flavors of its popular Forester crossover at the 2025 Chicago Auto Show, which runs February 8–17. Between the two, the automaker is pushing the sixth-generation Forester’s envelope of appeal into one familiar segment and one that it’s been conspicuously absent from for some time.

"Since it's introduction, Forester has become synonymous with a special set of DNA that truly make it unique," says Subaru's Alan Bethke.

It would be in the not-overly distant future if Subaru were to do that. I can’t say exactly.” He would not say if it