[aarondixon]

While it may not be a direct PP competitor in terms of engine and overall size, Features-wise it is somewhat comparable. Our daughter goes to school in Boulder Colorado and heading into her second year she wants/needs to take he care there. The problem is that she has a 4-door FWD Accord and for all I can ascertain, would not be good fit for a snow-ice environment.

She did not like the look of CRV's and the current RAV$ is a joke, so we looked at the newly redesigned (for 2019) Forester. It drove nice (is slower than her Accord - which is a good thing!) and the Premium model with the All-Weather package and a ton of safety features was approx. $28.7k, so we traded in the Accord and purchased it for her. It will not arrive for a couple of weeks as it is on a cargo ship from Japan.

Now, while I was impressed with it, I still don't see it as being on par with the Passport, but as I said above, I think it is a much better value than the higher-priced CRV and the horribly redesigned RAV4! The PP is simply too big and powerful for a 19 yo girl...(no offence..lol)...

 

[aarondixon]

I had purchased a 2019 Forester Premium last year and recently traded it in for a 2019 Passport EX-L. I actually really liked my Forester, but I couldn't get past how under powered it was. Subaru dropped the faster XT model that had a turbo (which I would have got). The Forester was so slow I was not confident passing on the freeway and felt like I had to floor it just to get up to speed with the flow of traffic.

I've had my Passport for two weeks now, and so far I really like it. If Subaru brings back the XT I could someday see going back, but for now I am a very happy Passport owner.

AWESOME to hear!, I want my 19 yo daughter to drive slower and the Forester may just do the trick...!