 overall,like the styling the most-most of these sized suvs look very similiar. i had a 2005 buick that had 'driver 1 and driver 2' memory settings-c'mon Ford,by 2013 you should've caught up...jeesh,maybe on higher trim levels...other than that,ride is comfortable,road noise acceptable,touch screen annoying,no kids to use 3rd row-so don't care bout that-actually using/liking the mini 'trunk space' under that row of seats,....and what is that little compartment on the side,all the way in the back for? Fuel economy is ok-about the same as other suvs i looked at (kia sorrento,ford edge,mazda cx-9,) quieter than honda's popular cr-v-more power too-but not as quiet as the acura mdx-but big difference in price..can't comment on reliability yet-haven't had it long enough,but after all the explorers ford has built-hopefully they have it sorted out.