Dont get the forrester, from my anecdotal evidence on here, they are generally sold and an sti brought. If your buying them because you may have kids and want the room, you may as well get a four door saloon theres not much in them compared to other four wheel drives. Ive got to kids and we manage to fill ou long wheel base Pajero up pretty easily., plus the extra seats in the back are real handy, instant bus when required.
If you love the shape buy a forrester, otherwise you may as well just get an sti, they are just as practical.
For the price range your looking in, I would drive a hard baragin on a standard v8, an evo 7 or if you were real lucky a v9, but it sort of depends if you want something different to what you had?