We did try a Fusion, but in the end, it was the dealer that broke the deal. She doesn't really want/need a luxury car, in fact she's fine with the Accord, but that's MY car now. So she has to find a new whip of her own (Or buy me one? ) And yes, a last gen TL can be had for less than 23k, but then I'd be inheriting the wonderful transmission issues, and we don't need that problem. CR-V or Accord is more up her ally if we go used. She was talking to me about a 6th gen coupe, but we're weary of the tranmission issues, and sadly that's pretty much keeping us away from most late model used honda/acuras.
Anyways, we'll see what happens, but we need to buy her a car this weekend, so I will know by then what we end up going with.