I bought the Legacy because it's AWD and a good family car, and with my wife currently leasing an Acura ILX, we needed something we could take on the occasional out of town trip.
When her lease is up (Nov. 2017), we're getting her an SUV of some sort, probably a leased MDX, or maybe a used Tahoe.
When that happens, I'm getting something fun to drive. The only real requirements will be AWD and manual transmission. The WRX and Audi A5 are probably the top contenders.