There’s nothing more important than the safety of your family. The Tucson and the Forester come standard with advanced driver-assist features such as Lane Keeping Assist and Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist. Using cameras and sensors, these features keep an eye on the fast-paced road and warn you of any potential obstacles, helping you to avoid collisions.

While there are similarities among their safety features, the Tucson has the upper hand thanks to features like:

• Standard Blind-Spot Collision-Avoidance Assist
• Standard Safe Exit Warning
• Optional Highway Driving Assist
• Optional 360-degree Surround View Monitor

While the Forester comes optionally with a few camera views, it only shows the front and rear at separate times. The camera with the Tucson, on the other hand, can show a complete view of your surroundings to help you navigate through narrow and congested areas.

The Forester and the Tucson strive to reduce groans from the back seat by offering ample wiggle room. With their similar passenger capacities of at least 108 cubic feet, you can rest assured that your little ones will feel like they’re traveling in a limo with the amount of space they have.

With rear headroom of at least 39.5 inches, either the Tucson or the Forester will expand with your kids as they move through their adolescent years, providing ample space for them to grow. However, regardless of age, the extra legroom found in the Tucson will likely be preferred. While the Forester maxes out at 39.4 inches of legroom, the Tucson thrives with 41.3 inches of rear legroom.

Climbing into your SUV, you’ll instantly feel at ease. The driver-focused amenities found in the cockpit put you in control of your comfort in many ways, including optional features such as:

• Power adjustable front seats with lumbar support
• Heated front seats
• Heated steering wheel

While these SUVs offer the same mood-boosting features, only the Tucson offers optional available ventilated front seats. This feature is a great way to help you quickly cool down after your run at the local track or on your everyday commutes when temperatures rise.

Designed to feel more like you’re enjoying a day at the spa rather than commuting to work, the Hyundai Tucson works overtime to help you feel relaxed and at ease 24/7. This is accomplished with mood-boosting features, such as interior ambient lighting.

When optionally equipped, your Tucson comes with accent lighting in the center console, in the door pockets, and throughout the cabin. Select one of the 64 different color options that best matches your mood, and watch your SUV transform into a space that will help you unwind.

Sadly for Subaru Forester drivers, no similar feature is offered.

When you’re running late for your kid’s lacrosse game, the last thing you want to think about is where you’ll park. Thanks to advanced parking assistance with the Forester and the Tucson, you’ll never give parking a second thought.

Both models come optionally with reverse braking assistance, which can alert you when you’re too close to a detected object. Under some circumstances, the vehicle may also provide gentle braking assistance to help avoid a collision.

This is where the similarities start and end between these models, as the Tucson provides additional support with features like forward parking distance warning and Remote Smart Parking Assist. The former provides the same capabilities as reverse braking assistance, while the latter lets you perform automatic parking maneuvers with the simple press of a button.

Thanks to hands-free entry features, you can enter your SUV even when juggling several items. Both SUVs allow for keyless entry when optionally equipped, but there are some fundamental—um, key— differences. With the Forester, you can enter your SUV as long as you have the key fob in your purse or pocket. With the Tucson, no key is needed thanks to the Hyundai Digital Key, a feature that turns your smartphone into a key.

The Tucson also lets you access the cargo area when your hands are full thanks to the available hands-free smart liftgate. Simply wave your foot under the rear bumper and watch the liftgate open like magic. A similar feature is offered with the Forester; however, it doesn’t offer hands-free capabilities.