wife needs a newer car

[jwxr7]

We want to replace her aging taurus which has been good except it seems to drink a bit too much fuel. So I wanted to see what others thought would be a good choice. I haven't kept up on newer family style vehicle choices much lately.

Here are some parameters; it should be less than a few years old, it can't be a manual trans (she refuses to drive them ), have 4 doors (for grocery get'n and kid haul'n), cost less than $15k, and be good on gas under normal driving conditions.