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Originally Posted by T@T
So..After looking at Honda,Toyota,Kia,Dodge and Mazda for a mid size SUV I decided on (get ready to laugh) ....a Ford Edge.
Couldn't be happier
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Actually, Ford builds exceptional cars now. They are light years ahead of Chrysler and GM for overall fit and finish when you are looking at the average everyday cars. Much of that I believe is how deep their Euro roots are. In Europe, you cannot get away with the same shoddy materials the North American market will tolerate. To me that is why when you look at the inside of a German made Golf, or a Mexican made Jetta which is built for N/A you can just feel it. Cadillac has made immense strides in quality, but the regular GM stuff is put together painfully bad. Industry slang for GM interiors is 'dashboards by tupperware'.
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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
I suspect your moving up to a CRV for forte family expansion. If so, keep in mind the Tiguans rather limited cargo space behind the rear seat. Big turn off.
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What a lot of people do not know about the Tiguan, and what no magazine ever mentions is the rear seat slides forward and back, like a bench and also has one of the best fold down set ups out there. Difficult to describe here, kinda need to do it hands on. So for most situations, it is fine. But yes, it isn't in the same league as the CR-V, it isn't designed, or supposed to be. However I have seen families do just fine with a regular TDi Golf hatchback, and still manage to camp, run errands, do all of their shopping etc.... Usually people from Europe seem to have no issues living perfectly normal lives with out a stretched Ford Excursion with 5th row seating to accommodate their with a newborn and a class 17 pintle hitch for their ultra lightweight tent trailer.
You have to remember, it was primarily designed for a Euro market, and one of the things people love about the thing, is it hasn't become bloated like CR-V and Rav 4 have become. It is a nice tidy little size. Almost like a jacked up turbo Golf Wagon... because essentially that is exactly what it is. Not everyone wants a big vehicle. Some people still embrace a more compact SUV.