Minivans are out, at least if you're Mazda, and that may not be too bad a thing.
Mazda's MPG minivan did about as good a job of putting "zoom zoom" into the little bus-like creatures as possible, and the last time I drove one I liked it quite a bit--as a minivan. But the MPG couldn't hold a candle to the CX-7 which, while it may limit the tallness of objects you can carry compared to the minivan, ups the driving reward ante considerably while being just an all around more modern vehicle.