[Sasquachulator]

Short story:
I have been finding myself in more situations lately where the size and shape of the 86 is showing its limitations, i may need to get a bigger car sooner than i expected. Would likely have to give up the stick, but if a stick shift car is available, would consider. Premium brands if possible.

Long story:
I have a 2 car household with me the sole driver of the 86 and the wife's car being the BMW X1. Its pretty much set up as the X1 being the utility car and mine being the sports car that can carry people if need. Wife doesnt drive stick, and i have a 2.5 year old son.
3 people in the 86 is fine, but the 2 door configuration is getting a bit.....annoying. I mean my son can mostly climb into the back himself, but hes still small, still needs to be in the front facing child seat and i still need to squeeze inside (and prop the front seat forward) to buckle him in. We can create enough space for front passenger (wife is short so that helps) but she still needs to squeeze into the front because the kid still needs legroom.

Lately i have been tasked with a few trips having to drive my mom and dad to the hospital (dad getting cancer treatment). I have the carseat in place on the passenger side and i have to remove it every time its my turn to drive them. A bit annoying but nothing i cant deal with. Mom would sit in the back seat, dad sits in the front (mom's shorter). Lets just say...they're not young and dropping in/climbing out of a small sports car isnt an ideal transportation method for 70+ year old people. I considered making space behind me (driver) for mom to get in to avoid having to reattach the child seat but i dont think it makes a huge difference .

All of this isnt a HUGE deal breaker, as its mostly short term and i can deal with the workarounds....but as im getting older im starting to find that I dont want to deal with inconveniences all that much. Especially since we plan on having a second kid. No, i dont need a monster Suburban sized behemoth.....i hate big cars....i likely wont consider a midsize car cuz i find them too big for my taste.

Now i DONT want to get rid of the 86, its the car ive always wanted and now that i have it i plan on driving it until i HAVE to change or it self destructs.

So i am just brainstorming a list of cars in my head that would be an alternative if it comes down to it.

Ideally my vehicular options was going to be a Lexus IS500 and then after that an EV (cuz thats where the markets going). But that thing's expensive and I MAY consider an IS350 AWD (because i like the IS and having AWD is a plus)...but that eliminates the charm and reason for an IS500 (the V8) and then the competition is a bit more i suppose modern or "better". Plus this route i'd have to give up stick...which i guess im fine with.

I thought of (would like keep within premium and up brands, as at this stage in life i feel like ive "graduated" from the mainstream brands....yes i know the 86 is Toyota/Subaru....but I bought it cuz its Sports Car):

-Lexus IS350/IS500 (500 RWD or 350 AWD......)
-BMW 4series gran coupe (Wife side of the family is all BMW...so this would be keeping within the "fam")
-Thought maybe a volvo of some kind.

-Are there any stick options around? I actually recently though of the Mini Countryman S/JCW (F60? generation...the one based off the BMW X1 architecture...so its infinitely more reliable than the previous gen...which kind of makes it a MINI-ature X1)
-Acura Integra (maybe A spec, probably not a Type S....not a huge fan of Acura so this might only be a list filler)

any suggestions?