We are in the market for a new vehicle. It’s for my wife to generally do errands and to have one lower mileage car for big trips. It has to get up our big hill in snow and she wants AWD.
While we know that another minivan is the right answer, this dear lady has put in her time with them and wants something...different. We have narrowed it down to unibody SUVs specifically a Toyota Highlander AWD.
Are there any strong contenders we should also be considering? We already drove an Explorer and new Traverse and a 4Runner just for completeness to rule out more truck based SUVs. Going to drive a Pilot this next week. The car mags love the CX9, but I think it would be smaller than we want.
It kind of comes down to Highlander versus Pilot right now and I’m not sure either is a bad choice.
Any input appreciated.