My Aunt's getting ready to retire and is a HUGE fan winter sports including X-country skiing and snowshoeing. She's looking for an AWD vehicle with "reasonable" gas milage, plenty of cargo room, and a nice interior (good seats are absolutely vital). The current leaders are:

BMW X3
Subaru B9

With a slight edge to the BMW because they have nicer interiors (and I'd imagine better seats). We've more or less ruled out the following, mostly because of size, price or bad reputation:

A4/A6 Avant Quattro
Volvo XC70
All the car based Subies

She feels that she "needs" a lot of room, and isn't really in a position to deal with a roof storage system. She's also coming off a decade with a minivan so the A4 would be a really tough sell (even though I think it'd be right car for her 90% of the time). So I'm looking for suggestions, nice premium AWD cars/SUVs I may have overlooked. I'll perfectly admit my own European bias, so if there's a nice Asian option in that $30-35k range I'd love to know more about it.

Thanks in advance and I'll probably be passing the replies on to her via email.

-NateinAA

• Picking an SUV/AWD car for my Aunt (long), NateinAA, Sat, 2 Sep 2006 05:04:49 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Cadillac SRX, Greg Abbott , Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:25:48
  • Toyota Landcruiser or Lexus LX 470 "$10,000" off MSRP, 2garfields, Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:36:58
  • Why not the Volvo XC 70, No.9, Fri, 8 Sep 2006 07:36:35
    • That's ALL my Aunt, NateinAA, Fri, 8 Sep 2006 08:38:53
  • Grand Chickeree, pokeyjoe , Mon, 4 Sep 2006 07:44:00
  • Re: Ford Escape Hybrid?, anthonySF, Sun, 3 Sep 2006 23:32:03
  • Re: Picking an SUV/AWD car for my Aunt (long), CWilson, Sun, 3 Sep 2006 15:51:29
  • Mazda CX7...., bamaSAAB, Sun, 3 Sep 2006 11:57:58
    • I'll put that on her radar, NateinAA, Sun, 3 Sep 2006 17:01:03
      • Mazdas...., bamaSAAB, Sun, 3 Sep 2006 22:01:46
  • what's wrong with the 9-7x?, John in Bismarck, Sat, 2 Sep 2006 13:18:02
    • Headed out of her price bracket, NateinAA, Sat, 2 Sep 2006 14:14:26
      • Nope, in the wheelhouse..., Mike Lynch , Sat, 2 Sep 2006 15:45:32
  • Re: Picking an SUV/AWD car for my Aunt (long), B. Millar, Sat, 2 Sep 2006 08:26:41
    • Hmm...I like the B9, Peter , Sat, 9 Sep 2006 07:56:58
    • Acura RDX, turbo too....or a 9-7X & a $6k rebate..., Mike Lynch , Sat, 2 Sep 2006 15:43:17
      • Right, I think many of those are too large, NateinAA, Sun, 3 Sep 2006 06:12:22
        • brand loyalty can be a plus, BrianG, Fri, 8 Sep 2006 08:05:31
      • Re: 9-7X & a $6k rebate... and OnStar, anthonySF, Sat, 2 Sep 2006 16:07:16
        • Re: 9-7+OnStar vs. BMW+BMWassist, anthonySF, Sun, 3 Sep 2006 00:57:30
          • 9-7X less $$$ than X-3.....high resale..., Mike Lynch , Tue, 5 Sep 2006 14:46:52
            • Re: X-3.....high resale..., anthonySF, Wed, 6 Sep 2006 17:27:03
    • Good list..., NateinAA, Sat, 2 Sep 2006 14:11:03

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