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Okay, let's look at the two reasons why you felt the need for an SUV - additional cargo space and a third row seat. Let's start with the latter, do you really "need" a third seat? I mean, how often do you really transport other kids besides your own? To hockey practice? Well then don't expect to get much gear behind the third seat...
With regards to the former, your Outlander offers 39 cubic feet when the third seat is folded, and 72.6 cubic feet when the second and third rows are folded. Compare this to a 2002 and up Volvo V70, which has 38.5 cubic ft of storage space behind rear seats. Fold the rear seats down and there are 71.4 cubic feet of cargo space at your disposal.
I'm sure that extra .8 feet of space was worth the righteous anger of environmentalists and a sense of guilt, right? Meanwhile, a used Volvo would allow you to keep your hipster cred without increasing your carbon footprint through the manufacturing of a new car.
