This car is pretty great. It has 4 wheel drive, and is a largish SUV, but not gigantic. This allows for plenty of space for bringing thins along, and we have used it every year to drive up to the mountains to get our own Christmas tree. The car is still going, with a new transmission, after 220,000 miles. It doesn't have good gas mileage, and does tend to have a few issues every year, but overall is a good car.