How many Subaru Forester vehicles were sold in Australia in 2016?

See how many Subaru Forester vehicles have sold, when it peaked and how it compares across Australian new-car history.
Latest dataset: August 2026
Version 3.02
Subaru Foresters sold
13,407
2016
Peak year
2023
16,381 sales
Share of Subaru
28.5%
of all Subaru sales
Latest YTD vs prior
−24.8%
same period last year
CarExpert context

Editorial Summary

In 2016, Subaru Forester recorded 13,407 new-vehicle sales in Australia. That represents 28.5% of Subaru's sales in 2016. The highest annual result in the loaded history was 16,381 sales in 2023. That was 11.5% higher than the previous full-year result.

2026 vehicle info

Real 2026 vehicle data for Subaru Forester.
2026 price$43,490 to $55,990
2026 drive-away$47,812 to $60,907
Body typeSUV
PowertrainCombustion, Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Fuel typeUnleaded
Drive4x4
TransmissionContinuously Variable With Manual Mode
Seats5
Fuel use6.2L/100km to 7.9L/100km
ANCAP5
Warranty60 months / Unlimited km
Size (L×W×H)4,655mm × 1,830mm × 1,730mm
Subaru Forester · Matched internally as Subaru Forester

Historical sales trend

Full-history view for this slice across 1991–2026 (2016 · Subaru · Forester).

Sales by year: 2016 · Subaru · Forester

Year-by-year totals for 2016 · Subaru · Forester.
YearTotalvs prev
2026 YTD7,333−24.8%
202515,179+12.9%
202413,445−17.9%
202316,381+54.0%
202210,637−9.9%
202111,810−4.0%
202012,300−18.5%
201915,096+21.4%
201812,432−0.3%
201712,474−7.0%
201613,407+11.5%
201512,029−12.0%
201413,670+0.2%
201313,649+18.3%
201211,533−12.2%
201113,142−10.3%
201014,644+6.5%
200913,753−4.6%
200814,423+14.9%
200712,554−3.5%
200613,010+5.6%
200512,320+3.9%
200411,852+0.6%
200311,780+19.4%
20029,863+17.2%
20018,416+4.6%
20008,049+8.9%
19997,390+13.4%
19986,516—
Data Notice

Data use and verification

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Purchase data

Subaru model context: Forester

A model-specific replacement for the state map: where this vehicle sits inside the Subaru range for 2016.
Rank in Subaru#1
Forester sales13,407
Share of Subaru28.5%
1
13,40728.5%
2
12,20726.0%
3
8,29017.6%
4
4,73110.1%
5
3,4957.4%
6
2,9366.2%
7
1,6213.4%
8
3310.7%

Key notes: 2016 · Subaru · Forester

Extra context to keep the top cleaner.
Selected model total in 2016: 13,407
Subaru total in 2016: 47,018
Model context uses Subaru range totals because state-by-model data is not available in the source.
Historical year-end data from imported workbook sources.
Clean URL: /2016/subaru/forester
Data from 1991-2026. Please note data for 1991-1997 is partial or incomplete and may not include all makes. Latest data is from August 2026.