I was working on the same problem. Need a vehicle with room for gear and passengers at times. Also the ability to carry full sheets of plywood, a ladder on top, etc. Also, our roads are crap and for us - 4WD or AWD is a must for most of the year. We already have several 4WD Subarus which are not great on gas and too small for many things. Also have a diesel 4WD Suburban, two Ford diesel 4WD F250s, one Dodge W250 diesel, etc.
We also have some small rigs for when nothing needs to be hauled. A few diesel Volkswagens, a Geo Tracker 4WD, etc. By the way, the Geo is fantastic for a little SUV. Gets 30 MPG, around town or highway - but way too small for any use beyond carrying a few people and a dog.
I finally picked up a Dodge Grand Caravan AWD. 1998 and paid $2000 for it. Runs beautiful - pulls a small trailer, full sheets of plywood fit into it, etc. Just took a 600 mile trip with three people, a dog, and a load of camping gear. Got 24 MPG for the trip and this has the biggest 3.8 liter engine. If we hadn't had this, we'd used the Dodge diesel truck with a camper on the back and gotten 17-18 MPG with fuel at $5 per gallon. Or, we'd used the Ford diesel truck and gotten 14-15 MPG.
I previously had a 1995 Chevy AWD Astrovan with a 4.3 and hated it. It was a fuel-hog. Got 18 MPG on its best highway trip and got 13 MPG around town. I'm not a Dodge fan - but I'm pretty impressed with this Grand Caravan for an all-around vehicle. I also suppose that a 2WD van with a smaller engine will do even better with fuel mileage.
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