2023 Subaru Forester Gets Price Bump, Keeps CD Player

• The 2023 Subaru Forester starts at $26,395.
• It is almost completely unchanged from the 2022 edition, so if you can still find one of those on your local lot, the lower price gets you the same SUV.

The year is 2023. You can no longer buy a new car without air conditioning. But, should you want to re-create the feel of car shopping in the 1990s, hand-crank windows are still available on the base model 2-door Jeep Wrangler and the most bare-bones Ford F-150 XL. And you can still get a new CD player in the 2023 Subaru Forester.

In fact, Subaru has made no changes of any kind to update the Forester for 2023. The Forester is still available in six trim levels, still uses Subaru’s trusty 2.5-liter flat 4-cylinder engine in every trim level, and still works.

The proven formula won two of our awards last year — the 2022 Best Resale Value Award and the 2022 Lowest 5-Year Cost to Own Award in the compact SUV class. And Subaru is still selling every Forester it can build.

So why update the infotainment system, complete with a 6.5-inch touchscreen, standard Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and, yes, a CD player?

2023 Subaru Forester Pricing:

The Forester does get one change for 2023 — prices are up by $500 at every trim level. Price increases for new model years are normal, and even more so amid the current automotive landscape with supply constraints and rising costs on several fronts.

Subaru also charges a $1,225 destination and delivery fee on the 2023 Forester.