mmarshall

The Crosstour, though (I won't use vulgar terms), despite its awkward-looking rear end, has pretty good road manners....pretty much what you would expect from a slightly-raised, AWD, Accord wagon. We'll see how the new Edge comes out, but, in general, vehicles like the Edge, being more high-stance, SUV-ish, can't equal the road manners of something like an Outback or Crosstour.

I'd like to see a hybrid version, along the lines of its brother Ford Escape. I also prefer the Escape's noticeably more squarish lines...the Edge's roofline is raked too much.

bitkahuna

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let me expand on what i said before - i think the charts are worth something if buying a used car, but not worth much of anything when buying a new car.

GS350Lexus

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Wow awesome vehicle, inside looks very nice

IS-SV

Agreed on that clarification, the charts are most useful for used car buyers.

But I think new car buyers can benefit too from the charts in the case of cars that have not been redesigned. Once the car changes to a completely redesigned/next generation model all bets are off.

IS-SV

The use of the vulgar term Crossturd is not nearly as vulgar as the term or obscenity that you used (fugly) not that it even matters (petty).

The difference is road manners of the Crossturd/Edge/Outback is so insignificant and so subjective. None of them have stellar road manners and all have mediocre instrumented tested handling characteristics despite the sweeping generalizations that are common internet hearsay. The minor differences are larely related to differences in CG with the Escape being the tallest as a ratio to width. All of these vehicles are tuned for ride quality over handling sharpness as the instumented testing data shows.