Curious question... what are your wife's thoughts on a van? Functionality wise, I preferred the Sienna and Odyssey to most typical SUVs when I'm not driving a car. If I'm not transporting people, then the seats are down for lots of storage room. Fuel economy wasn't ridiculously different either.
I have a few friends who like their Explorer and Jeeps. CRV and Rav4 seem to always get decent support.
Some others have commented that some of the "smaller SUVs" might be too small. I'd suggest you go with your wife to test the vehicle and see what she thinks since she is driving it anyways. Vehicles have gotten bigger in the last few years. I was driving my inlaw's Nissan Murano. It felt like the size the old Nissan Armada and Pathfinders used to be. It felt bigger and bulkier than the older "shoe" shaped Murano that I had driven in the past.
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