It is the 4 banger Escape.
Here driving is highway to work, but it's not highway speeds, she is driving from yonge/bloor to hwy404/hwy7, so the traffic in rush hour will always suck. She does not have the option to take an allowance and buy what she wants.
Hopefully we'll find some time this weekend to test drive. It's my car as well, got rid of the Murano a while ago, just haven't updated my status. My preference would be to be up high so I would choose one of the SUVs.
I find the fusion and altima to both be extremely boring.