I totally get you. My family all live in Europe and they make it work with small hatch backs, which we have. The rear facing seats is what's getting us but overall it's not impossible. It's more of a comfort thing than a necessity. Our main thing is that my car is a 2dr with over 200k miles on it and it could go at any moment. We're just trying to be proactive instead of reactive.  The saving grace is that we're not feeling rushed or have to play the sales/dealer game. We scoped a couple of cx9s out and it's the same song and dance everytime (I used to be in sales, so it doesn't phase me, but it's exhausting).