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SUV Comparisons
So out shopping for a new whip this weekend and we want to get an SUV.
We checked out the 2014 Mercedes ML350 bluetec, Infiniti QX60 and a new Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Diesel.
The Infiniti was surprisingly very well built. Solid doors, great interior leather and soft touch materials, nice dash layout and trim. Motor was a 268 HP V6 with a nice infiniti grumble but the transmission is a CVT. I'm not 100% sold on this one. Drove very nice and has a TON of features/toys to it like full cameras around, power everything, remote start, major audio system, heated/cooled seats, heated steering wheel and the list goes on.. very well equipped for 61k.
Next went over to Mercedes and tested the ML350 blutec. Interior is typical german. reminded me very much of Audi really for the quality of leather, dash,etc felt very similar. Tester had a few upgrades like full leather interior and even on the dash which was nice. Feature wise didn't have as many toys as infiniti but was really comfy and then pretty sporty too. Had air suspension which was OK. Diesel motor was SO QUIET. it sounds like a hybrid or something. Thing has a TON of torque really moved quickly and was pretty fun to drive. Options are pretty pricey on it though. One on the lot we liked was 80k.
Then we hit up Airdrie Chrysler to look at the new Jeep Grand Cherokee. For being a domestic its built really well! really nice interior, leather on the dash, upgrades galore like heated steering wheel, bixenon lights with side tracking, impact control, rear impact dectection/braking, blind spot monitoring. Cluster has a big ass LCD in the middle that you can swap a ton of info in which was nice. stereo was nice with a huge centre LCD panel too.
Price on the one we tested came to 61K; pretty pricey for a domestic i thought and the one big turnoff on Jeep was the warranty is only 3years/60k but power train was 5year/100k. also Chryslers rates seriously sucked compared to competitors.
this week going to try and Touareg diesel out and then go check an updated Q7 to compare.
We checked out the 2014 Mercedes ML350 bluetec, Infiniti QX60 and a new Jeep Grand Cherokee Overland Diesel.
The Infiniti was surprisingly very well built. Solid doors, great interior leather and soft touch materials, nice dash layout and trim. Motor was a 268 HP V6 with a nice infiniti grumble but the transmission is a CVT. I'm not 100% sold on this one. Drove very nice and has a TON of features/toys to it like full cameras around, power everything, remote start, major audio system, heated/cooled seats, heated steering wheel and the list goes on.. very well equipped for 61k.
Next went over to Mercedes and tested the ML350 blutec. Interior is typical german. reminded me very much of Audi really for the quality of leather, dash,etc felt very similar. Tester had a few upgrades like full leather interior and even on the dash which was nice. Feature wise didn't have as many toys as infiniti but was really comfy and then pretty sporty too. Had air suspension which was OK. Diesel motor was SO QUIET. it sounds like a hybrid or something. Thing has a TON of torque really moved quickly and was pretty fun to drive. Options are pretty pricey on it though. One on the lot we liked was 80k.
Then we hit up Airdrie Chrysler to look at the new Jeep Grand Cherokee. For being a domestic its built really well! really nice interior, leather on the dash, upgrades galore like heated steering wheel, bixenon lights with side tracking, impact control, rear impact dectection/braking, blind spot monitoring. Cluster has a big ass LCD in the middle that you can swap a ton of info in which was nice. stereo was nice with a huge centre LCD panel too.
Price on the one we tested came to 61K; pretty pricey for a domestic i thought and the one big turnoff on Jeep was the warranty is only 3years/60k but power train was 5year/100k. also Chryslers rates seriously sucked compared to competitors.
this week going to try and Touareg diesel out and then go check an updated Q7 to compare.
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