I know this thread is super old, but here's our story. My sig other of 12 years needed to replace her 2000 Outback back in 2019. I had a beater Grand Caravan so we couldn't rely on that. She was looking at the Crosstrek, Outback, Elantra GT, etc. She never considered a VW because of dieselgate and just a general distrust of German car reliability. I test drove the Alltrack and told her to give it a look. She had never purchased a new car (we were in our early 60's then) and really didn't want to spend more than $20k. Well, not much even then for that price. The Outback had just gotten too big, the AC on the Crosstrek didn't blow cold enough for her plus the CVT sucked and the Elantra just seemed cheap. So she agreed to go look. She did like it, but too expensive. They had a 2018 GSW on the lot, new, for only $18k. We drove it and it was ok, but very basic. She REALLY liked the Silk Blue Alltrack SE/DSG with tan leatherette and panoramic sunroof but it was $33k. Tiguans were much less but she liked wagons and the Alltrack was about the same size as her old Outback. She decided if they could find an S in Silk Blue she would consider it. Since they weren't continuing the model in the US after 2019, there weren't many around. They did find 1 a couple of hundred miles away but convinced her to buy the SE for $27k! The 6 year, 72k mile warranty played a BIG part in that decision. It's been almost 5 years now and she absolutely loves her GAW and have had no issues. We only have 15,000 miles on it and it's still worth around what she paid for it. She's very risk averse, however, and has a year to decide whether to keep it or trade it in on something else with a warranty. Sure, the dealer gave her a *lifetime* powertrain warranty but we know what that's worth. That 4 year/40k service for $1,000 was a bit of a shock, too.