We were thinking of waiting at least another year or two to replace my wife's 13 year old VW Touareg. The car is probably fine, but a couple things popped up where it may be time to turn it.
She puts 5k miles a year, so I think we still have a lot of time and I'm not going to rush and pay above MSRP either. Getting our ducks in a row I wonder when the shoe drops and need to replace.
Here's the shopping list in no particular order with the understanding we hold cars for 10+ years minimum, want the option for trailer use, are agnostic about electric (meaning sure, if reasonable, but not a priority), and want longevity and relative ease of repair. We do want a tad more space than the Touareg for the growing kids (preteens) as well, so would lean toward third row, but not mandatory. Budget covers all the following, but ideally want best bang for buck, don't care about the badge unless the badge is worth it. We plan to test all of these in coming months along with any other suggestions.
Curious if anyone owns any of these, thoughts on current options v other ideas or try to wait longer for new stuff coming out in the next year or so.
Thanks!
She puts 5k miles a year, so I think we still have a lot of time and I'm not going to rush and pay above MSRP either. Getting our ducks in a row I wonder when the shoe drops and need to replace.
Here's the shopping list in no particular order with the understanding we hold cars for 10+ years minimum, want the option for trailer use, are agnostic about electric (meaning sure, if reasonable, but not a priority), and want longevity and relative ease of repair. We do want a tad more space than the Touareg for the growing kids (preteens) as well, so would lean toward third row, but not mandatory. Budget covers all the following, but ideally want best bang for buck, don't care about the badge unless the badge is worth it. We plan to test all of these in coming months along with any other suggestions.
- Touaregs are no longer made for US purchases She loves the performance of this car.
The new VW SUVs (Atlas, Taos, etc) are nothing like the Touareg, test drove them and not interesting to her and are simply different feel to her so we ruled those out. - Lexus GX 460 (Did not think we'd like this, but we test drove it recently and it's surprisingly enjoyable. Also, the price relative to the reviews (Consumer Reports (CR), etc) seems fair. Amazing longevity and ease of repairs too. Seems like it would age well)
- Grand Cherokee L Overland or Limited but want it air suspension. (test drove the limited and liked it a lot, but concerned about brand reliability per CR)
- Grand Cherokee (traditional) Overland or X Limited.
- Toyota Highlander. XSE or higher trim. (high on my list; wife not so sure. Haven't tested it yet since inventory is limited)
- Possibly 4Runner, but would prefer seeing what comes of the 2023 next gen.
- MDX.
- We tested the Subaru Ascent. Drove great and we both liked it, but she can't see well over the hood and felt it was too low to the ground. (she's little). I also like the Outback, but given the issues with the Ascent, I assume the Outback will be even smaller? We couldn't test drive one since there were none to drive that day.
- Finally, she's ideally interested in waiting on checking out the Toyota Sequoia (any new Tundra owners that can comment?). I'm a big fan of it too. If she likes it, then we would ideally wait until 2023 to buy a second year Sequoia since we try to avoid first year redesigns.
- Open to other ideas as well.
Curious if anyone owns any of these, thoughts on current options v other ideas or try to wait longer for new stuff coming out in the next year or so.
Thanks!