My wife finally upgraded from her old Chevy Aveo recently. She bought a new 2017 Subaru Forester. She's very frugal so it was kind of a struggle for her to actually go for it but after driving it for the last couple weeks she's very happy. She never really cared about the car she drove before and thought of it as more just transportation but I kind of pushed her just a little bit to splurge and get the premium version with the moonroof and heated seats, both of which is very much loves using now. I think she's finally joined the mentality to enjoy driving and she even said that she had the desire just to go for a drive in it without any particular destination.
Her buying experience wasn't quite as good as mine with the dealer this time around since we didn't get the best help or trade value for her Aveo but overall she's happy with her choice.