I'm now in the market, and it's not an easy choice. We're replacing a M-Class.
Requirements - 7 adult passengers once a week (car pool), no minivan (did that when the kids were smaller), awd/4wd.
Our short list...
Explorer Limited or '13 Explorer Sport
Infiniti JX or '13 Pathfinder
'13 facelifted GMC Acadia Denali
Others that nearly made the cut from our perspective... R-Class Bluetec (wife hated the look, I guess a lot agree since it's discontinued in the US), LR4 (the miles we will put on it is below average, but it feels irresponsible to purchase a new car with such low mpg) if it had comparable mileage to the others mentioned here it would be our first choice, and the GL Bluetec (with the options we'd pick, it's a 15k++ premium over the others with pretty similar functionality). The other GM's don't make the cut style wise for us, same for the Flex, Durango, Lincoln, Mdx...etc. Q7, XC90, X5 - third rows don't cut it for us.
So if not the JX, I think it's an explorer or facelifted Denali. Probably not the brands Infiniti expects us to cross shop, but that's where we are.
-Spaghettipie