I plan for this vehicle to be the family roadtrip hauler and this is the fatal flaw for me. It's not going in my garage, however, for one simple reason-seat comfort. In the interest of keeping this review fairly short, won't go into all the details of everything I checked, but overall found the technology and features in this model to be very good. I enjoyed driving it and all the electronic parking aids are useful though I didn't try the parallel parking assist. The highway ride is quiet and smooth, with minimal steering adjustments required to keep it tracking straight. Will chalk that up to Microsoft and perhaps the next generation Sync3 on next year's model will improve some of these little annoyances. Most of the electronics and 'Sync' were good, though I kept getting a 'usb input error' message on screen from one of the charging ports used to charge phones that I don't get anywhere else. I also appreciate the lane-keeping assist (though not always reliable even when lanes clearly painted and favorable conditions for it to work). City mileage in true urban/suburban traffic leaves a bit to be desired as I was more in the 12-14mpg range then, though perhaps not appreciably different from the normally aspirated standard v6.

The turbo v6 is a treat and I averaged 22-23mpg across over 500 miles of driving 70-75mph. It has the combination of luxury, styling, technology and performance that's hard to beat. Overall, this is a great vehicle and I understand why many people ultimately decide to purchase one. under the 'Reliability' and 'Value' categories. Disregard required ratings for things that can only be evaluated with months and years of ownership time like reliability, maintenance costs, etc. I've read all the online reviews of the 2016 model, looked at all the specs, compared to several other competing models that I've researched and test driven, and had some extended seat time before arriving at my conclusions.

Full disclosure-I'm reviewing based on a week traveling with this as a rental vehicle as sort of an extended test drive before making an expensive purchase! Maybe this won't get published as a result and interpret accordingly.

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