re: Best small SUV?

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The GC is a full sized SUV

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I've died on this hill but nobody thinks of the GC as full size anymore. That it is arguably a benchmark for the entire full size SUV category is irrelevant, it became considerably smaller than competitors and crossovers (because they got larger).

As an adult male, I wouldn't own an SUV smaller than a GC. Relatively, I think it's mid-sized compared to the market. But it's the perfect SUV size for single dudes IMO, it's not a burden in the city but is still large enough for daily comfort/travel.

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I'm always looking for an older GX for a good deal. Obviously, those deals aren't out there currently, but for the past few years I'll do some searches regionally.

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TBH even in this environment some of the best deals I've seen were GXs. Especially if you're willing to go back before the redesign (which some people prefer due to the front end).

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The Volkswagen Atlas

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Fully loaded is less than $55. We have a 2018 and love it. Tons of space with the third row folded down, and the 2nd row (bench or captains chairs) slides back for plenty of room on long trips. We didn't test drive anything else- we borrowed a friends Atlas and loved it.

Acura MDX. Can seat 7. Quick and fun to drive.

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I'm always looking for an older GX for a good deal. Obviously, those deals aren't out there currently, but for the past few years I'll do some searches regionally.

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I found one for a steal earlier this year. One owner, all maintenance records, low miles, blah, blah, blah. Of course the wife didn't want it because it didn't have CarPlay. The plan was for her to drive it for 2 years when my daughter turns 16, I give my 4Runner to the kid, I take the GX, then buy her what she really wants. But nope.

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but I really like Subaru Outback’s- I prefer it over the Forrester model.

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I'm assuming he's not a lesbian.

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My wife is probably getting a Porsche Macan next year

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That is a great car. I have nothing but good to say about the Porsche brand. I have a Cayenne S - I just wanted a bigger vehicle, and I have a 2019 - the 2019 MY for Cayenne has the new interior, instruments, etc that Macan doesn't get until MY 2022 I believe, and I thought the interior in the '19 and '20's I was looking at looked a little dated compared to the Cayenne's interior. If one doesn't have a problem spending that kind of $, one would be hard pressed to do better than the Macan in that segment. In a normal market, I would say go CPO for that car (Porsche's CPO program is excellent), but with update coming soon and used car price increases relatively outstripping increases in new car prices, I would think seriously about buying new and maybe even ordering.

Nissan is the only one that has widespread problems with the CVTs, though I think they're fairly new in Toyota's. Honda has been using them since the late 90's in some models. I think all the CRV's now use CVT.

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If you want to keep it forever Lexus NX

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This.

Wife’s (no pics of her) is a loaded-out ‘17, it now has 65k miles on it, zero issues so far.

It allegedly seats 5 persons but I wouldn’t want to be in the rear middle seat for a long time.

Barring accident, we’ll keep it at least 5 more years.

NXs for the US market are built in Japan.