2016 MDX. What other current SUVs are you considering? Test driven? Touareg?
I hope this thread can be a refresh of the inactive 2013 thread "Other SUVs you considered".
I’m looking at purchasing or leasing a 2016 MDX SH-AWD to replace my XC90 V8 AWD. I’ve been interested in the upcoming XC90, but am looking back and kind of wishing I had bought an MDX way back when; in part because there is only one Volvo dealer in the state and the service reflects their lack of competition. I posted this (edited) over at an Volvo forum, today:
If I had a decent dealer, we wouldn’t be cross shopping to replace our XC90 V8…
I just drove the new 2016 MDX SH-AWD with their new 9 speed. It was excellent.
I also drove the VW Touareg TDI, also excellent and with a 10Y/100K drivetrain warranty after their pre-2011 issues. (The Touareg was updated to the lighter stiffer platform base used by the Cayenne – why the Q7 stayed on the old one is baffling).
Oh, and hold your laughs, try the well reviewed 2015 Durango R/T with their 5.7 or the Citadel; I think the one I drove may have had the 9 speed gremlins excised. I can’t ignore the heavy depreciation, but otherwise the value is impressive. Maybe if they subvent subsidize a lease, it might make sense.
I had a chance to see and sit in (not drive) the upcoming 2016 Ford Edge Sport top-trim with the 2.7 Ecoboost 320HP/360LBS, due in April. It’s remarkable how they’ve upped their game as far a fit and finish, low noise glass, ventilated seats, etc. I don’t know how the Lincoln version will improve on it. I’m hoping they get rid of the Microsoft based MMI this fall. (Ford has announced a 2016 Focus RT AWD system with real clutch torque vectoring wheel-wheel similar to Acura SH-AWD and Audi S models. A product manager gushed that Ford was looking at rolling this to additional AWD models.)
What competitors have you considered or test driven? Have any MDX owners or potential buyers looked at the Touareg lately?
Thanks, in advance, for helping my own research.
I hope this thread can be a refresh of the inactive 2013 thread "Other SUVs you considered".
I’m looking at purchasing or leasing a 2016 MDX SH-AWD to replace my XC90 V8 AWD. I’ve been interested in the upcoming XC90, but am looking back and kind of wishing I had bought an MDX way back when; in part because there is only one Volvo dealer in the state and the service reflects their lack of competition. I posted this (edited) over at an Volvo forum, today:
If I had a decent dealer, we wouldn’t be cross shopping to replace our XC90 V8…
I just drove the new 2016 MDX SH-AWD with their new 9 speed. It was excellent.
I also drove the VW Touareg TDI, also excellent and with a 10Y/100K drivetrain warranty after their pre-2011 issues. (The Touareg was updated to the lighter stiffer platform base used by the Cayenne – why the Q7 stayed on the old one is baffling).
Oh, and hold your laughs, try the well reviewed 2015 Durango R/T with their 5.7 or the Citadel; I think the one I drove may have had the 9 speed gremlins excised. I can’t ignore the heavy depreciation, but otherwise the value is impressive. Maybe if they subvent subsidize a lease, it might make sense.
I had a chance to see and sit in (not drive) the upcoming 2016 Ford Edge Sport top-trim with the 2.7 Ecoboost 320HP/360LBS, due in April. It’s remarkable how they’ve upped their game as far a fit and finish, low noise glass, ventilated seats, etc. I don’t know how the Lincoln version will improve on it. I’m hoping they get rid of the Microsoft based MMI this fall. (Ford has announced a 2016 Focus RT AWD system with real clutch torque vectoring wheel-wheel similar to Acura SH-AWD and Audi S models. A product manager gushed that Ford was looking at rolling this to additional AWD models.)
What competitors have you considered or test driven? Have any MDX owners or potential buyers looked at the Touareg lately?
Thanks, in advance, for helping my own research.