Beneath the sharp styling and strong acceleration is an EV that feels surprisingly disconnected from its roots.
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Quicker than a WRX
Relatively affordable
Looks neat
Not as thoughtfully packaged as most Subarus
Toyota software
Doesn’t ride or handle great
There’s always a risk when an automaker cherry picks another’s design to make a vehicle under its own banner. Sometimes a given manufacturer’s essence is baked so deeply in a vehicle’s bones that it’ll never feel like it belongs, like when Saab tried passing off a Chevrolet Trailblazer as the 9-7X. Other times it’s a net benefit to both manufacturers, such as when Toyota and Subaru tag teamed the BRZ and GR86 sports cars.
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Beyond the “Toyobaru” coupes, Subaru and Toyota have been making a go at EVs together, too, with some mixed results. We were lukewarm on the initial Toyota bZ/Subaru Solterra SUVs but have so far been pleased with the bZ Woodland/ Trailseeker pseudo wagons . As for the sportier C-HR and its new 2026 Subaru Uncharted GT sibling? Well, the picture isn’t as rosy.
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Charting the Uncharted
The Subaru Trailseeker and upcoming three-row Getaway (the company’s version of the new Toyota Highlander EV) might chart their own paths in the company’s EV lineup, but there’s some undeniable overlap between the Uncharted and Solterra. Both sit at the compact end of the SUV spectrum, competing against the likes of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 or Tesla Model Y, but the Uncharted is positioned as the slightly smaller, more affordable, and sportier option compared to the more practical Solterra. Despite riding on the same Toyota-developed platform and sporting the same 74.7-kWh battery pack as the Solterra, the Uncharted is 6.8 inches shorter, 0.5 inch narrower, and 1.2 shorter than the Solterra, and it rides on a wheelbase 3.9 inches shorter versus the Solterra’s.
Starting at $36,445, the Uncharted appears cheaper, too, though that’s only because the base Uncharted is front-wheel drive (making it, alongside the BRZ, one of the few vehicles in Subaru North America history to not feature standard all-wheel drive). You’ll pay at least $41,245 for an Uncharted with dual-motor all-wheel drive, while stepping up to the loaded Uncharted GT you see here will add 20-inch wheels, a panoramic glass moonroof, heated and cooled front seats, and heated rear seats, for a cool $45,245 to start or $46,215 as-tested. Total system output for the two-motor Uncharted is 338 hp, and the EPA rates the GT for 273 miles of range. We saw 236 miles in our 70-mph Road-Trip Range test.