looking for small SUV and trusted reviews (Ended with RAV4)
I'm looking for a SUV as newer, basing on reliability, comfort and quiet, average above in driving fun, planning keep it at least 5 years, so my list supposed as, RAV4, CX-5, Tucson, Santa Fe Sport, never considered Big 3, cheated VW and Mitsubishi, Nissan and Subaru due to reliability.
The sad thing is that I found there seems very hard to find a true review, I got totally disappointed by them from experts.
Why? I have read a lot of reviews about 2017/2016 Tucson, all said it got much more improvements, some even mentioned "quieter than CX-5", but after test drive, I found it's totally wrong by my personal experiences.
In Montreal, My wife and I test drove 2017 Tucson FWD (2.0 engine) and 2017 Santa Fe Sport FWD(2.4 engine)days before, it's ok but just ok for steering and suspension, the most serious issue is very noisy, the noise came not from tires, wind and ride, but also from rear side, it was sort of resonance noise, we could't bear it any more, it made me very tired for just 25 minutes drving including highway and back road.
The Santa Fe Sport was much more better than Tucson, more comfortable and quiet, without any resonance noise, but I would not go for it cause I would not drive it anymore.
In 2016, Tucson was sold around 24K vs Rav4 50K, so it is obviously something went wrong in my experiences, I doubted if the demo one was in it's best condition or got proper tuning and adjustment, or maybe the fact is the 2016/2017 Tucson is really noisy and people bought it just for value of price.
For 2016 CX-5 GS, we found it significantly quiet and comfortable than Tucson and Santa Fe Sport, full of driving fun, of course.
We test drove Rav4 also, perceptible more but not too much quiet and comfortable than CX-5, but once again, did not like expert's reviews, for steering and ride quality, it was only little bit of inferior than CX-5, definitely not boring to me.
Finally, where I could find the real and trusted reviews from users rather than experts? I googled but not too much returned.
It could be personal just like hotel's review, it does not matter, I could take them.
--------------updates----2017 May--------
Ended with RAV4, and received it now, waited 2 weeks after small deposit, very quiet and comfortable, suspension is more sporty than expected, easy to drive but less precise in direction, totally only little bit of inferior than CX-5, definitely not boring as feeling in test drove, you could not get wrong with it if you are heading towards of quiet and comfortable direction, besides more room for rear passengers and cargo than CX-5, definitely not regret my choice.
The sad thing is that I found there seems very hard to find a true review, I got totally disappointed by them from experts.
Why? I have read a lot of reviews about 2017/2016 Tucson, all said it got much more improvements, some even mentioned "quieter than CX-5", but after test drive, I found it's totally wrong by my personal experiences.
In Montreal, My wife and I test drove 2017 Tucson FWD (2.0 engine) and 2017 Santa Fe Sport FWD(2.4 engine)days before, it's ok but just ok for steering and suspension, the most serious issue is very noisy, the noise came not from tires, wind and ride, but also from rear side, it was sort of resonance noise, we could't bear it any more, it made me very tired for just 25 minutes drving including highway and back road.
The Santa Fe Sport was much more better than Tucson, more comfortable and quiet, without any resonance noise, but I would not go for it cause I would not drive it anymore.
In 2016, Tucson was sold around 24K vs Rav4 50K, so it is obviously something went wrong in my experiences, I doubted if the demo one was in it's best condition or got proper tuning and adjustment, or maybe the fact is the 2016/2017 Tucson is really noisy and people bought it just for value of price.
For 2016 CX-5 GS, we found it significantly quiet and comfortable than Tucson and Santa Fe Sport, full of driving fun, of course.
We test drove Rav4 also, perceptible more but not too much quiet and comfortable than CX-5, but once again, did not like expert's reviews, for steering and ride quality, it was only little bit of inferior than CX-5, definitely not boring to me.
Finally, where I could find the real and trusted reviews from users rather than experts? I googled but not too much returned.
It could be personal just like hotel's review, it does not matter, I could take them.
--------------updates----2017 May--------
Ended with RAV4, and received it now, waited 2 weeks after small deposit, very quiet and comfortable, suspension is more sporty than expected, easy to drive but less precise in direction, totally only little bit of inferior than CX-5, definitely not boring as feeling in test drove, you could not get wrong with it if you are heading towards of quiet and comfortable direction, besides more room for rear passengers and cargo than CX-5, definitely not regret my choice.
Last edited by hifa5522 on Mar 26th, 2017 1:45 am, edited 2 times in total.