Cars keep growing. Well cars don’t actually grow but they are getting bigger. We have 1999 Subaru Forester and it has been a wonderful car. I think of it as our Subaru small SUV.

The Subaru Forester has grown. The new ones are wider, taller, and longer. Our 1999 Subaru Forester looks like a miniature car when parked next to the newer models.

I believe it was called a “utility wagon” when we bought it and that it was probably considered a compact car. But cars keep on getting bigger. Our Subaru Forester small SUV would probably be considered a subcompact now.

It seems a bit odd that now when subcompact SUVs are the new and popular thing, the Forester has grown and no longer fits in this group. Is it time for a mini-Forester?