I personally don't think the Expedition/Yukon/Tahoe is a normal sized SUV. I live in Metro Detroit and there are more Envoys/Explorers/Trailblazers/4Runners than the bigger sister SUVs. As an SUV driver I knew that when I bought it I'd pay more in gas, it's something I didn't mind. I used to have a Grand Am, both my husband and I had one and we loved them. But after seeing a Dodge Ram grill coming at me, it's grill at my eye level, I traded it in for an SUV. I will not go back to a car. I am safer in my Envoy XL than in a little car like a Gr Am. SUVs have come quite a ways when it comes to rollover issues. Not to mention, the driver needs to take some accountability when it tips and we all know about the tire situation. I know very well that if I make a sudden jerky move I take the rollover risk. My Envoy isn't as top heavy as my Jimmy was. We originally got the SuV because of the Ram incident and because of camping. We haul a lot of stuff for camping and it would never fit into a car. Moved up to the XL because we got more camping equip. When husband's lease is up on his car, which our daughter rarely rides in because I'm scared to death in it, we're getting a Yukon. We do fixes on our house but don't really haul things other than camping equip and such. I joked about a Hummer because it is bigger and I'd feel safer. I was glad someone pointed out that there are wagons out there now. Saturn used to have a wagon, don't know if they do now. And, according to insurance - SUVs are considered station wagons, just a silly side note. I know that a mini-van would be better gas mileage and has a little more storage space but I just can't get into that mindset. I can't stand those things, but see me when I'm in my 50's . . . Princess Perky, I'm not sure how old your kids are and I know you have 1 on the way but I assume your Saturn is about the same size as our mid-size, not sure how you fit 3 carseats in there unless 1 of them is a booster. We have the Britax carseat and there is no way we could fit 2 other carseats in there without the kids smacking each other all the time. We only have 1 kid so I'm just guessing they'd fight in the back like my brother and I did
Now, if I lived on the Big Island, with no snow and very few SUVs, I'd be driving a comvertible A6!