You ought to do something about this. That's where you burn the money. Commuting in an SUV is neither cheap, nor comfortable (typically.)
For example, you can buy her a new, basic Prius for about $20K. They are very reliable, and run smoothly because of their all-electric CVT. Or you can get any modern car with good mileage, not necessarily a hybrid.
The Pacifica is an AWD wagon. Actually a very nice car, it’s basically a Mercedes and she loves it. It’s gotten long in the tooth though at just over 100k miles.
And I agree, all things considered, a Prius hybrid is probably where we’d end up. The newer models have a little more pep than the first several years did.
But then it’s time to crunch numbers on what those added MPGs really cost us considering we have no car payment now.