Yes! Please see this reply that shows the versatility of the SUV market.

I haven’t driven the new minivan based Pilot, so I can’t offer an opinion on that one. It does look like a minivan without the sliding doors though.

You don’t need to drive them hard to notice the difference, it’s very noticable.

Just recently: x5, CR-V, Pilot, Highlander (the newer models don’t drive as good as the old ones), x3, MDX, RX450h, Pathfinder, Edge, Explorer, Santa Fe Sport, T&C, Sienna, Odyssey, Mazda5.

SUVs are all about the look- nothing more.

Not recently, but I can imagine those are some sort of lab made material for durability.

Well I do own a brown diesel x5 for the people hauler...

This bandwagon comment is completely overused in every SUV article it seems. Not everybody is hauling 3 rows worth of people every trip.

But a WRX with Blizzaks is even better.

You’re not going to win over supporters by calling them names and insulting their intelligence. Some of us don’t buy minivans because they drive like total crap, and we don’t haul 3 rows of people around all the time.

The steering wheels were in a GTI and a CC. They felt lower than Fisher Price material, seriously the worst I’ve ever felt in a car.

I do like leather steering wheels, but whatever VW is using is the cheapest feeling material I’ve felt in a car. It was slippery and just plain awful.

It definitely has a better AWD system! Too bad most consumers don’t care about that, or they buy a Subaru. The overpriced Touareg doesn’t sell well because VW priced itself out of the SUV market and put itself into the luxury SUV market. The VW badge does not sell well at luxury prices (also see the Phaeton for…

Yes the Touareg was compared to a BMW because that’s where they priced it. I sat in a GTI and a CC, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to drive them. Just sitting in them they were ok, but I was disappointed by the steering wheel material. I wish I was able to drive them, but I wasn’t able to on that trip.

Touaregs are significantly higher quality than those SUVs you listed

Thank you, that looks like it took a bit to write. Some of those are definitely nice perks in a car! Though many of those I’ve seen widely available on other brands for at least 10-20 years (especially Mazda/Subaru).

I’m not changing goal posts at all. If you look at the comments you’re replying to, my first comment was:

Most of the appeal isn’t apparent until you own one for a while, lots of little things that you don’t notice

Technically the Q7 competes with the x5, the VW competes with... the Highlander?

The V6 is special order only. The cheapest you can walk into a dealer and buy is $46,745.