So the wife and I had a discussion this morning over breakfast and the forester 2.0 XS is out. It still was a good contender and quite able and more than enough for us. Reason why it was scratched off the list..."newness" factor. Now it's down to 2...CX5 and the XV. Round 3 of test driving the XV is on saturday and round 2 pag test drive of CX5 will be on the same day immediately after sa subaru.