When my parents and I would go skiing out west, we would always rent these vans. They're better than an SUV because the seats are raised off the floor of the car, so you can have all the seats in the car and still slide your skis under then. They are very VERY uncomfortible on long drives, and pretty unrefined, but the AWD system is not that bad. I remember once braving a high mountan pass in northern new mexico in one with about 4" of snow on the road and in a complete blizzard. It did a pretty impressive job of navigating these conditions.

Mike