Today, I took my first test drive of a 2019 Forester Premium (no Limiteds or Touring available yet) and was very favorably impressed with the car......almost all of my concerns were addressed after the drive.
I still am waiting for the 2020 Gen 6 Outback to become available for a test drive BUT any worries about my fitting comfortably in the new Forrie are gone.....the seats were excellent and, other than not being leather, I actually had decent legroom and full ability to tilt the seat cushion for my best fit.....
My main reason for NOT automatically upgrading to the Gen 6 OB is that I HATE that huge touchscreen display with the virtual switch gear.........I much prefer the more conventional dash layout in the Forrie which, btw, is the same as in my wife's 2018 Crosstrek Ltd...........everything is visible, HVAC controls are familiar and not designed just to elicit "tech" love.....they just simply work. My 2015 OB Ltd has the worst set of HVAC controls of any car that I've ever owned......push buttons to handle what should be rotary knob inputs, impossible, at least for me after 4 years, to select controls w/o glancing away from the road.....and that damnable tiny clock and outside temp way down at the bottom of the stack.........who designed that mess?
I'm really looking forward to the Gen 6 OB just to give the devil its due BUT today definitely changed my opinion about going back to a Forrie from the OB.....
BTW, the power from the 2.5 Forester engine was MORE than adequate for my needs....turbo isn't offered and isn't needed either.......the 2019 Forrie is far more quiet than my OB and the new Global platform really rides nicely, takes hard turns better than my OB (I had to add the 19mm RSB to even get a relatively flat turn when going around cloverleaf entrance/exit ramps on the highway.....not so with the Forester......it was a decently firm ride w/o having to add some suspension upgrades....
My two cents!
Steve