My wife bought her an Outback. We did alot of research before bying it. Consumer's reports, ect, ect. After owning the Outback it did not take very long to decide the Baja was the right vehicle for me. It only has 2000 miles on it so far, handles like a sports car, nice on Maine coastal back roads. and though the mods I have done are minimal(cosmetics) it looks good...Good luck.