Hello,
Just purchased a 2016 Subaru Forester. It the Premium model with the All Weather package. I traded PRIUS V to get all wheel drive for winter driving in northern climates higher sitting position, visibility, and greater ground clearance. Got tired of poor visability in the Prius V and dragging the bottom on poor roads. I live Florida and southern Alabama. So I drive on some rural dirt roads from time to time. I hope this will turn out to be a good road trip machine.
Tom