Get Subaru Outback. It combines the best extremes in forester and legacy. It doesn't require that ground clearance enhancement I watch legacy 'mboys' struggling with. Its spacious, comfy and pretty stable. In terms of maintenance cost not far off from forester. Upon starting the engine, its sounds like a diesel-driven 'lorry' and that depicts the powerful engine thats under the bonnet. Check reads on the engine Hosepower/Cc and compare across. Gas: you will be doing around 12k per month on a 20KM (40 to/from) with the Nairobi jam.

I love the outback...waiting to read more reviews on it.

Have you thoght of th porsche cayenne, I recommend it, you can book a test drive first before you write the cheque, simple choice good ground clearance too

Between Outback and Legacy, which would be more stable?

I would think Legacy due to its lower CoG.

I had said I would wait for next year for the forester but it turns out that the difference in pricing of 2008 vs 2007 is significant, a 2008 forester averagely goes for 14000 (FOB) and I don't think that will change much next year, making it more expensive than Honda CRV, my guess is that it will cost approx. 1.8 to import next year.