Out of the cars you list, the one that stands out as being the best bet for reliability long term is the Forester, hopefully a standard 2.0 litre petrol, which isn't going to be great on fuel it must be said, avoid the Diesel completely.

However if you have a decent indy mechanic on tap they are generally good to work on being designed to be maintained and most normal (quality aftermarket) parts are reasonably priced if not exactly cheap, but be aware genuine parts can be eye wateringly expensive but then these cars are so well made that few genuine parts should be needed, as such in three years with our now 14 year old Outback i haven't bought a single part from the main dealer nor has anything gone wrong with it.

SLO76 is quite right about a simpler car being a cheaper bet overall (you don't mention running costs as such in your OP), but if you really want full time 4WD for some reasons and there's nothing at all wrong with that and a slightly higher than usual sitting position you could do far worse than go for the Japanese model.

Is it possible to take a mechanic or someone else with you who knows a bit about cars to check any possibles out for you.

Edited by gordonbennet on 05/12/2016 at 19:48