OK, I've been doing some comparisons. One of the main reasons for this new car is to allow my husband to tow his dual sport motorcycle on a light trailer instead of having to put it in the back of a truck bed. None of the sport wagons have available tow hitches, so they are out. I've seen the back of the VW sportwagon and I don't recall it being tall enough for Sara (our ridiculously tall and lanky Giant Schnoodle), so that just adds to the decision (and one of the reasons we are considering SUV's).

The X1 looks very cool and with the options we'd want, would still be in our price range, but it also doesn't have a tow hitch as an option, so it's out too.

That leaves us with the Escape, the CX-5, the CR-V, the Tiguan and a Subaru of some sort. Decisions, decisions!
(Good thing I enjoy car shopping!)