Will the new Forester have a burnt leather smell? It only goes away some time after turning off the engine.

It's the smell of melted wax, it'll go away after a while. It's a normal phenomenon. 😁

Pay attention to the front fog lights. I also smelled something burning before. Later, when I changed the lights, I found that the fog light wires were burned. Luckily, I didn't use the fog lights often.

Some new cars have an exhaust smell like burning, but it usually goes away after 1000 kilometers.