Re: Farewell faithful companion......
No Quattro though, at least as far as I know. AWD/4WD is pretty important to me. The 2.0T gas engine is still very efficient. My dad drives a 2006 A4 wagon that he bought summer 2005. It still drives likes its new and is better on fuel than any Subaru. That said, its a different price league, and will have higher ownership costs down the road. If FWD was an sacrifice I was willing to make, there are some awesome Passat TDi wagons around here. They hold their value well though, so the fuel savings are offset by the higher purchase price and ownership costs. I've done fairly extensive analyses estimating ownership costs and worst-case future gas prices - it only works out if you drive ALOT and are able to benefit from higher resales that would result from those fuel increases. Add losing AWD and its just not worth it from what I considered.
As for the Subaru size, it looks like you're right (and so are my observations about my wagon being bigger than my Forester)
2007 Forester - Cargo space (rear seat down) [FONT=Arial,Helvetica]57.7cf (56.4 with moonroof)
2010 Forester - [/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]68.3 cf (63 with moonroof)
2004 Legacy/Outback wagon [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1] 68.6 rear seat down
2010 Outback [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=-1]cargo volume with seats flat 71.3cf (05-09 was 65.4cf)[/SIZE][/FONT]
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