Uh-Oh...Peter rated Quality and Powertrain as 7's. Prepare to face the wrath of No-San....!!!!
7 seems fair... It's the 2.5i. had it been the XT, Peter and I may have had to share words.
Pretty sweet that PZEV is now standard...I doubt anyone cares, but it's a decent step forward.
The Bad
Some cheap interior plastics
No Android Auto or Apple CarPlay
No sex symbol
What about the sexy Sumo campaign?!
At least Android/Apple are coming to the 2018s, but yeah, slow rollout is crappy, especially if older systems can't be retrofitted.
From my perspective, the new quiet is a revelation. Ours is so fricken loud (less so than the Mazda 3 mind you...), and a quieter experience would be welcome.
The wife's bestie and her boo wanted a Ridgeline but didn't want to spend three money for one. They then selected the Forester, but would only go XT - for a limited without eyesight, it came to $45k OTR and they're now considering the CRV, which comes in loaded at $42k.
Turns out this tester was on the floor at the Toronto auto show, so who knows what abuse it endured.