For those of you who read the Full-Size Crossover Comparison, you no doubt wondered why we didn't include a GM Lambda. Well, a Saturn Outlook was slated to be in the test, but a week prior to testing, GM phoned and said it was in an accident. No other Outlook, Acadia or Enclave could be furnished in time that equaled the other assembled crossovers in terms of feature content and all-wheel-drive configuration. That criteria also left our long-term Buick Enclave out of the equation, not to mention it has more than 20,000 miles on it.
Although we couldn't give the Enclave a fair shake in a full, official comparison with the usual litany of scoring sheets and calculations, the Edmunds.com editors decided to take it and the long-term Hyundai Veracruz on a comparison drive with the official test's three crossovers. We then ranked what vehicles we would personally buy and which we thought would best suit the average consumer.
As a side-bar of sorts to the Inside Line test, check out the Edmunds.com Strategies Blog throughout the week at noon (3 p.m. EST) as we countdown the comparison test contenders.
James Riswick, Automotive Editor
zoomzoom22 says:
02:10 PM, 07/ 8/08
I agree with your rankings. I don't know what Honda was thinking with the new Pilot, but I guess it doesn't matter because I see about 5 or 6 new Accords daily. I see the CX-9 everywhere and I'm glad that it has been a success so far. I also agree that it wins not just based on sportiness but based on the fact that it covers all of the bases so well. Motor Trend said the same thing when the CX-9 beat the Acadia and MDX in a comparison test a while back...pretty impressive coming from a company who's brag-abouts were a tiny roadster and a quirky sports car not that long ago.
cx7lover says:
04:55 PM, 07/ 8/08
I have to be honest I'm a little surprised by the rankings, none the less they're totally inline with what's there, the facts, and the subjective things.