Should you buy one?

If you love your Subaru dealer and you want to go electric, the Solterra is in many ways a good choice. But we can’t see any reason to choose it over its Toyota bZ4X sibling – and neither model is among the best electric cars on sale at their price point.

The Solterra is only moderately spacious, performs adequately and has an awful combination of poor efficiency and low range – especially in the cold. This alone would be enough for us to recommend a Kia EV6 (our Large Electric Car of the Year) or a Tesla Model Y instead.

If you love the straightforward driving experience, solid interior or comfort of the Solterra, then we’d recommend hitting up your local Toyota dealer and enjoying all that but with the reassurance of a much, much longer warranty.

What we like

The Solterra drives very nicely and being based on a Toyota means it should prove a dependable companion. We like Subaru dealers, too – though there aren’t many compared to the big manufacturers.

What we don’t like

Subaru doesn’t offer the Solterra as a FWD model or with any lower-spec trim levels, like the bZ4X, so it’s quite expensive to buy. That range is a dealbreaker for us, too.