Replace your mini-van or downsize your SUV with the Ford Flex Crossover Utility Vehicle:

The Ford Flex – 17/24 mpg – via: VideoPod Chronicles – see #56

The Crossover Utility Vehicle (CUV) has the features of a SUV but is based on a car – hence lower weight and better fuel economy.

From Mark Elliot Gordon, The Auto Channel.com:

The Flex is All Wheel Drive. A neccessity for a large vehicle here in the mountains of Colorado. The Flex has three rows of seats. A neccessity for a large family or even a small family when there are guests on the scene. The interior looks like More >