 What is up you guys welcome back to another one if you're new to the channel I'm Goldpony that is me on the screen right there and so this year I have indeed reviewed the 2020 Subaru Outback as well as the 2020 Subaru Forester already I've driven both of them I've experienced both of them completely and I'll leave the individual links to both of those reviews at the very end of this video but most people do cross-shop both the Outback and the Forester so it thought it'd be fun to compare the two side by side here both give you the best all-wheel drive system and existence of course great safety great reliability they really are two solid picks but they are indeed very different in many ways and so having said that though and having reviewed both of those I am going to be doing a comparison between those two and if you are new to my comparisons I basically compared 10 key differences between the two of them with a clear winner at the end so what do you guys say let's go ahead and get started with number 10 on the list so my first comparison is going to be the price of course 2020 Outback starts at a price of $26,645 whereas the 2020 Forester is going to have an MSRP of $24,495 and so in the end the base price as far as that goes the Forester is going to be $2,150 less then on the other hand if you compare the two top trim levels of each car there the Outback Touring XT is priced at $39,695 then the Forester Touring is priced at $34,595 so even between those two the Forester is going to be substantially less coming in at $5,100 less than the Outback so if you were looking for the inexpensive option the less expensive option between those two the Forester is definitely going to be the way to go which puts our score at Subaru Forester in the lead one to nothing next on the comparison list here is going to be power differences and so there is a big difference here by the way Subaru Forester gives you one engine option that is it Outback however gives you two engine options so the way they are set up when it comes to the Forester it's going to be a 2.5 liter horizontally opposed Subaru boxer engine putting out 182 horsepower 5,800 rpm 176 pound feet of torque available at 4,400 rpm producing a 0 to 60 time coming in at approximately 8.5 seconds on the other hand the Subaru Outback also with that base engine at least gives you a 2.5 liter horizontally opposed boxer engine same horsepower same torque same engine essentially 0 to 60 there 8.7 seconds slightly slower there just because of its size essentially but the other engine option with the Outback that is not available on the Forester is going to be a 2.4 liter turbocharged boxer engine 260 horsepower available at 5,600 rpm 277 pound feet of torque at 2,000 rpm 0 to 60 for that engine set up 6.1 seconds in the Outback that's wonderful so obviously if you wanted the quicker option the Outback is going to be the way to go here since both have the same base engine essentially the same 0 to 60 time as well so again faster setup is going to be the Outback in this case which puts us at a one-to-one tie next comparison I have for you guys is fuel economy of course Forester comes in at 26 city 33 highway taking regular unleaded Outback comes in at 26 city 33 highway same thing once again taking regular unleaded as expected then when it comes to the Outback turbocharged engine 23 miles per gallon in the city 30 on the highway which is not that bad considering the power there but if we're comparing apples to apples here this one is going to be obviously a tie which is where I'm going to leave it at because it is essentially a tie here so one-to-one still let's move on to reliability and so according to consumer reports I do like to use them because they don't actually accept any money from manufacturers they buy their own cars test them independently so therefore they are not biased whatsoever so when it comes to the Forester above average reliability that's excellent Subaru Outback above average reliability once again so as I said at the beginning of the video they're both very reliable vehicles and that is backed up by consumer reports there of course so both of them above average there so that part is a tie so then you have to go to gd power which is my second go-to when it comes to reliability Forester comes in at 77 out of 100 that's their scoring system there Outback comes in at 81 out of 100 so although both are super solid picks when it comes to reliability according to JD power at least the Outback actually is going to win this one although I will say typically NA engines are going to be much more reliable than turbocharged engines so keep that in mind if you go with the Outback the turbocharged one is more than likely not going to be quite as reliable as the other engine setup available for the Outback but nonetheless JD power says Outback wins so two to one Outback is in the lead number six comparison very important one being safety especially if you have kids in the backseat or if you're using this as a commuter car to work when it comes to the Subaru Forester it is an IIHS top safety pick plus aka the very highest designation given by IIHS of course when it comes to the Outback exact same thing both very safe vehicles when it comes to that and in addition to that actually according to NHTSA both have identical crash test ratings as well so again very similar so what I'm going to do is I'm going to leave the tiebreaker coming down to the airbags because this is where they differ actually the Subaru Forester gives you seven airbags including a driver's knee airbag Outback gives you eight total airbags including cushion airbags for both the driver and the passenger to prevent some reigning so in the end Outback wins this particular comparison just because the the extra airbag puts us at a score of three to one Outback in the lead next comparison then is going to be cargo space Forester comes in at 31.1 cubic feet behind that second row with the second row folded down it bumps it up to 70.9 cubic feet on the other hand Subaru Outback comes in at 32.5 cubic feet behind that second row with the second row folded down it bumps up to 75.7 cubic feet so therefore Outback is going to give you more space however they are set up differently of course so the Forester is actually going to give you more height in that cargo area so perhaps if you have a massive or a great dame or an animal like that maybe the Forester is going to be better off for you because the Outback is then going to have a smaller height in the cargo area but it is going to be a little longer the Outback of course that's more length to it so in the end Outback of course does give you more cargo space so I got to give it to the Outback once again putting our score 4 to 1 Outback in the lead next on our comparison list is going to be rear leg room Forester comes in at 39.4 inches so for reference actually I mean even 6 feet tall this is how much space I had back there Outback comes in at 39.5 inches a 10th of an inch better in the Outback that's funny nearly identical once again to the Forester so really a ton of room with either vehicle that you go with and so I guess for the sake of friendly competition here got to give this one to the Outback once again which puts our score at 5 to 1 next on the comparison list is going to be breaking and so this is important of course if you're rush hour traffic you need to come to a quick stop really if you have any kind of kits in the backseat so I'm going to judge this one by the 60 to 0 stopping distance in terms of feet so when looking at the Forester up front you're going to get 11.6 inch ventilated front discs if you go with the base trim level or the premium trim it's going to be different for the sport limited touring coming in at 12.4 inch ventilated front discs nearly an inch larger in the back 11.2 inch solid rear discs either way when it comes to the Outback 12.4 inch ventilated front discs 11.8 inch solid rear discs so a little bigger in the back there all in all in the end when it comes to that braking distance the Forester comes in at 129 feet it takes to stop from 60 outback comes in in the 126 feet for that stopping distance quite honestly neither of them are too incredibly impressive when you compare it to the other competition out there but nonetheless once again Outback takes this one Outback is now in the lead six to one next we are going to touch on interior quality and honestly this is a pretty easing comparison here taking a look at the tech when it comes to the Forester the largest screen available is an eight inch color touchscreen display looking at the Outback 11.6 inch color touchscreen display tablet style kind of like Tesla does there then when it comes to the seating the Forester offers heated front and rear seats actually available Outback offers heated front and rear seats but also ventilated front seats are available with the Outback whereas they are not available with the Forester also there's going to be more soft touch materials found in the Outback as well so because of the tech because of the seating because of the soft touch materials in the higher end finish once again very easy pick here going with the Outback seven to one totally blowing the Forester out of the water here in my comparison last comparison I wanted to do here because both of these cars are very off-road worthy so I wanted to test their off-road worthiness in comparison here and so you guys know Subaru does have the very best all-wheel drive system in existence right now that is backed up by plenty of different publications ground clearance comes in at eight point seven inches actually for both of them which is a bit more than all the rest of the competition out there and in addition to that they both do offer X mode as well it is available on the Forester premium trim level and up and all trim levels actually for the Outback and so essentially what that does is it works with the VDC system to either reduce or increase wheel spin providing optimum traction and really any kind of condition so that's going to help you out especially when it snows here in Pennsylvania but again both of them get that as well so what I left it down to as far as who's going to win this competition is the approach and departure angles so if you are truly going off-roading perhaps so when it comes to the Forester 18.7 degrees approach angle Outback 18.6 degrees pretty close there departure angle is where it really differs though the Forester comes in at 24.6 degrees Outback 21.7 degrees and therefore Forester is going to take the off-road win comparison here just because of the approach and departure angles so 72 outback is going to win my competition although I will say before you go although the Outback won my particular comparison many of the categories that I compared here in this video were very slight wins by the Outback they are very very similar vehicles and you really can't go wrong with either choice here quite honestly if you wanted to save some money the Forester is definitely going to be the way to go it is a little better off-road as well obviously with those departure angles but in the end in this particular comparison of course the Outback did win let me know what you guys would pick in the comment section below do appreciate you guys watching so much feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen there be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification but if you're into new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all and I do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video stay gold