When we were choosing a car in 2006, we wanted a RAV4 or CRV over the Pilot just to be smaller and have more parking options in the crowded city. We ended up with the CRV and we really like it. We have been able to fit an adult in the back with the 2 car seats, but to do that we had to get Radians instead of the more age and stage-appropriate Frontiers or Nautiluses (Nautili?), which we would have bought had we had a larger car. If you plan on ERF, you should try out your seats in all the cars first. As far as I can tell, it is impossible to fit a Radian RF in any position in the CRV since you can't brace car seats on the front vehicle seats. I'm not sure about how well other ERF seats like the Truefit, Marathon, or My Ride would fit in the back seat (we had Roundabouts and snugrides for the our RF stage). The newer CRV model may have a bit more space, but I don't think it's THAT much more.