2021 Subaru Forester

Notes and sources

1. Fuel economy: EPA combined test-cycle figure for the configuration Forester AWD (26 city, 33 highway). EPA data dated 2026-09-09, the latest modifiedOn date EPA records in vehicles.csv.↩
2. CO₂: EPA's tailpipe rating for the car driven as rated on the test cycle — 309 g/mi, or 192 g/km.↩
3. Fuel cost: an estimate — 13,800 mi a year at the EPA combined figure, priced at $4.319 per gallon (EIA US regular, 2026-09-14). Five years: $10,276. No publisher states this figure.↩
4. Power: 182 hp is the rated figure, from EPA test-car data.↩
5. Crash rating: NHTSA's overall rating for the 2021 Forester — frontal 5, side 5, rollover 4 stars. NHTSA data as of 2026-09-10.↩
6. Recall campaigns: NHTSA lists none for the 2021 Forester as of 2026-09-10.↩
7. Complaints per 10,000 built: computed here from NHTSA's complaint count for the Forester nameplate (207, of which 19 describe a crash, fire, injury or death) and the 176,275 vehicles NHTSA's own early-warning production reports place on it (2026 Q1). No publisher states the rate itself.↩
8. Kerb weight: the crash-tested vehicle (NHTSA NCAP), 3,452 lb (1,566 kg); corroborated by the maker's 49 CFR 565 filing.↩
9. EPA test weight: not published. EPA values disagree.↩
10. Warranty: 3 years or 36,000 miles, from Subaru's published 2021 warranty statement, compiled into carstandings.com's warranty table.↩
11. Registrations: 13,652 Foresters of this model year on New York's roads, from the NY DMV registration file as of 2026-09-02.↩
12. This car is measured on the petrol scale: miles per gallon, the tailpipe CO₂ rating and whole-car horsepower. MPGe and charge-weighted CO₂ are electric-scale quantities and do not apply to it.↩
13. Price: no free, resellable source publishes a price for any 2021 car sold in the United States, so none is shown for any car in this market.↩

Sources: EPA · NHTSA — about these sources →