After a great deal of soul searching, my DH has finally come to the realisation that his two door coupe is no longer the appropriate vehicle for him and that a "dad" car might be more appropriate, what with him having three kids and all What is it with men and their cars??? Anyway, he quite likes the look of a mid size SUV, but we still need one that will take three seats so RAV4s, CRVs etc are all out of contention. We do not want a large SUV - my car is a 7 seater SUV so we've got that aspect covered and given the kms that we do something more economical (probably a diesel) would be what we're after.

From the looks of it (and at this point our looking at Mazdas has been limited to "oh look, that's quite a nice car driving alongside us"), three seats would fit in. Does anyone have one and know that they do? Any comments? Pros and cons?

All comments appreciated. Thanks.