I recently had an accident with my honda city 2002 vtec and my rear end was hit by a big SUV. Thank God my kids were not with me as I usually put them at the back. I was happy with my car but I am currently thinking of replacing it with a bigger 2nd hand SUV/AUV. I know it is not the right time to buy a bigger SUV/AUV with the rising fuel cost but I realized sometimes you can't avoid accidents and medyo dehado tlaga and mas maliit na sasakyan compared to bigger ones when it does happen and I am thinking safety of my kids.

I am thinking at the range of around P400,000 and my choices are CRV, RAV4, Crosswind XUV. Any other suggestions? I drive M/T but also thinking of shifting to A/T. I like the look of the 2nd gen RAV4 (smallest of the 3 but I only have 2 kids), but I heard the 2nd gen CRV is more fuel efficient, but the crosswind I think is the toughest. I wonder which of them also is the easiest to maintain and easiest for me to manuever (car like ride?)?