I had think about the 4WD car in recently.

Ford Escape has pretty good results in crash test.

Honda CRV has little better crash test results.

http://www.nhtsa.gov/NCAP/Cars/2003SUVs.html

http://www.nhtsa.gov/NCAP/Cars/2004SUVs.html

But, I got Honda Accord in last second because of GAS price.

You can check consumer report for the car also.

If you think about the small 4WD car, the Subaru Forester got the best award of small 4WD category in this year.

This is for consumer guide.

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/reviews.html

http://autos.yahoo.com/consumerreports/index.html

Doug