Subaru Uncharted Review 2025
Subaru Uncharted At A Glance
Good driving range with larger battery. Extra choice for among electric SUVs strengthens buyers’ hands. Should be well-equipped and solidly constructed.
Customers will need more than lightly revised styling to choose it over its Toyota twin. Very small Subaru dealer network. Can’t tell much more until we’ve driven it.
Those manufacturers which lack the economies of scale to develop a suite of new battery-powered models alone are expanding their relationships with existing partners to fill the void. It’s a sensible shortcut for firms that need to increase their EV line-ups quickly, resulting in new cars such as the Subaru Uncharted, which would otherwise still be years away from showrooms.
Once again aiding and abetting Subaru’s model range evolution is Toyota. As it owns 20% of Subaru’s shares, it’s a nuanced relationship that goes beyond a simple rebadging exercise. For Toyota the sales of both models combined must be greater than projections indicate would be achievable if the Subaru-labelled version didn’t exist.
It’s fair to say that the response to the pair’s first electric SUV endeavours — the Toyota bZ4X and the Subaru Solterra — has been lacklustre. Facelifts for both are due soon centring on giving them more separate identities, at least in terms of their nose and tail designs.
With the Subaru Uncharted, those points of differentiation are baked-in from the get-go, ensuring that only from the side and interior is its relationship with the Toyota C-HR+ especially obvious.
There’s also a third pairing waiting in the wings, set to be sold as the Toyota bZ4X Touring and Subaru E-Outback. Not putting all of its eggs in Subaru’s basket another electric SUV — the Toyota Urban Cruiser — has been developed in conjunction with Suzuki’s e Vitara.
While Subaru’s famed for its line-up of all-wheel drive-equipped models, the Uncharted will mirror the C-HR+’s trio of drive systems, two of which are front wheel drive. Gateway to the range will be a model powered by a 167PS motor fed by a 57.7kWh battery pack for a driving range that’s provisionally quoted at 276 miles under the WLTP Combined cycle test.
Likely to be more in demand is the Long Range front-wheel drive Subaru Uncharted thanks to its provisional range of 363 miles. Here a 77kWh battery pack stores the electrical energy feeding it to an uprated 224PS motor.
That same battery is also fitted to the range-topping all-wheel drive version, with power to the rear wheel coming courtesy of a second motor. Total power output is 344PS, sufficient for a 5.0-second 0-62mph time as well as the ability to haul trailers weighing up to 1500kg — just not at the same time. That extra grunt sees the range drop down to 292 miles based on provisional numbers.
All Subaru Uncharteds will be equipped with a 22kW AC on-board charger as standard, although most UK domestic wallboxes are limited to around a third of that flow rate. Using a public DC charger delivering 150kW of electricity could see a 10-80% top-up being undertaken in 30 minutes — ‘even in extreme conditions’ according to Subaru, indicating a battery heat pump will also be part of the package.
Echoing the Solterra’s interior style, the Uncharted’s dashboard is essentially a copy of that fitted to the Toyota C-HR+, save for swapping the steering wheel badge and screen ‘skins’ to something that chimes more readily with Subaru’s vibe.
It’s a dual-screen layout as seems to have quickly become the industry norm, with a high-set driver’s display close to the windscreen, while the multimedia duties are undertaken by the 14.0-inch touchscreen sat front and centre. And yes, those circles in the screen’s bottom corners are rotary dials for adjusting the climate control temperatures.
Beneath that is an elevated centre console with dual smartphone charging pads, the drive selector and a pair of cupholders nestled further back at a lower level.
Although the Uncharted’s roofline has a coupe-like taper towards the rear this should still be a car that offers comfy accommodation for a family of five — particularly if the children have some way to grown before reaching adult height. Subaru’s not yet quoted boot space capacities although we can’t see any reason why it would differ from the 416 litres Toyota quotes for its version with the rear seats in place.
Aside from its Toyota double, what other alternatives are there to the Subaru Uncharted? Alternative sporty silhouetted electric SUVs include the excellent Hyundai Ioniq 5, the striking Peugeot E-3008 and — if you’re prepared to put up with a torrent of ‘but it isn’t really, though, is it?’ jibes from people you never the opinion of in the first place — the Ford Capri.
Order books for the Subaru Uncharted are set to open in early 2026 with the first customer deliveries commencing soon after. There’s no pricing indication at this stage but we expect the cheapest in the range to be within the £40,000-£45,000 ballpark.
Keep this page bookmarked for further news on this new model and our comprehensive full Subaru Uncharted review later this year.
