 Like most looking at this car, I needed a family hauler. Looked at SUV's (actually fell in love with the Mazda CX-9 and the Hyundai Veracruz. Sad thing about both are you carry the family or 'stuff' - but not both. Now I was stuck looking at minivans. Compared the Toy, Honda and the Hyundai and there was only 1 choice. Maybe people feel better spending $40k+ on the same thing from Honda but not me. I like the better warrentee. Build quality is the SAME believe it or not. All the new Hyundai's in the last couple of years have had amazing reliability, rivaling anything from Japan. Spend more if you want to - but all you'll gain is a few more MPG!