CountLaszlo

The E63 wagon is the only option I’d consider. Mercedes makes a great product and they have great attributes. My wife apparently won’t part from hers. For me where Mercedes falls short, at least in the SUV space, is lack of opulence. Unless you go Designo as an example you get leather that feels like Elephant skin. The artificial leather actually feels better. And then there lack of road noise insulation. My ‘16 GL550 wiper motors are a detail they overlook. The noise from the wiper mechanism will drive you absolutely batty during rainy weather, so loud. A 1,000 mile road trip in their SUVs with a ride so loud you literally dream it for days and by no means does not make up for the moniker. You end up hating it. The science behind a luxury experience goes way beyond looks. It’s a complete customer experience and IMO Mercedes continuously falls short on the entire packaged experience. And the Q7 was made to support the Bentley and no engineering detail was overlooked from a platform perspective because it was a shared cost and budget.