+1 for the Forester or Legacy Outback, even though I ended up not buying one after my Beetle got totaled. I got a '07 Honda Element, because my 6'7" tall hubby couldn't fit in the Subarus. (I really wanted a Honda Fit, but it turns out the Beetle is the only small car he CAN fit into.)

He doesn't really fit in the Element, either, because of the funky shelf on the passenger side at his knee level, but it's tolerable. For long trips he can sit in the back. With the dogs!

But I look longingly at the Foresters as they drive by me sometimes, and then I snap to my senses and feel grateful I have a such a fine husband, who would have bought a Subaru anyway, if that's what I had really wanted.

Karen