I have the legacy. It has more leg room than the Outback, and the acceleration is much better. A weakness is it is lower, which is ok if you are always where there is no snow, but here it means on 2 lane roads you are always in the spray zone of other cars and especially trucks. So if you want to pass one, visability can be a bitch.
I am a little concerned about becoming high centered on snow berms since the clearance is so low.
The trunk is bad. You can put in samples close to you, but anything beyond is very difficult to retrieve. Literature is a pain if you put it behind the samples since it it hard to get to. Plus it is somewhat of a back breaker leaning way in to get almost anything.
There are no hatchback options. Who ever selected the AWD vehicle must not have ever experienced snow or weather.
It does go great in the snow, with snow tires. In snow climates, it is a weak choice since visability is poor.