I think this article could have been written about almost any mainstream brand that has a full line of S/CUVs.

I don’t doubt (or have a problem with) their actual road-testing methodologies, but many people (myself included) have issues w/ their reliability ratings system.

...as the key barely fit in the pocket of my pants that are probably too tight.

My main takeaway: Bring back “Down on the Street”.

They don’t know how to record in landscape, that’s what.

We just did OSD at the end of August... factory tour was great, but we didn’t get to see the safety tech stuff you did.

...and have written about cars and transportation for the better part of a decade...

That sir, is glorious.

I just did it for the first time a few weeks ago... on my lap everyone was very lane-aware, proper and generally not asshole-y. The slower cars/drivers know to stay to the right and use the right blinker to indicate to the faster cars “I see you and pass me on the left”.

You’re forgetting one thing - Nurburgring.

Can confirm, being from Wisconsin (home of a very large German ancestral population), topographically it doesn’t look much different.

...loaded to the tits...

David, your experience is spot on... after visiting Germany a few weeks ago, I’d also like to add:

Yeah, we liked it in pics, but not in person... we’re happy w/ our choice.

You mean Twilight Bronze Metallic? Just got that color on our XC90.

Do NOT besmirch the good name of Brother Ron!

Are we sure that’s not just a Holden suspension engineer?

(M)ad-libs? Man those were great back in the day...

Video of that would be cool to see...

I could be wrong, but I don’t think those full-length windows are gonna provide much protection.