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#21 of 1350 Any suzuki fans? by masey Dec 20, 2000 (9:22 am)
Looks like the xl-7's are in..but is anyone test driving them? I am just and interested consumer trying to figure out what SUV to buy. This appears to be a good vehicle, with 7 passenger seating. How does it compare to the durango or mdx? I know price or quality? Replies to this message: terrytony66 (Apr 09, 2006 7:25 am) slinky1 (Apr 12, 2006 5:30 am)
#22 of 1350 Just Drove by tompson Dec 20, 2000 (11:27 am)
We just drove one. Looks like Edmund's has the trim levels off a little. There are actually four trim levels. The highest is "Limited" and is the only one to come with Leather and cannot be had with a 5-speed in either 2 or 4wd.   The leather is a big issue for the Mrs. and we're thinking about getting the Touring and having leather added b/c the dealer didn't know when or if he could get the Limited and the display only showed a grey leather.   Overall, the ride was good. It's quiet. It's very windy here today and we had it up to 75mph on the highway and it was still smooth and quiet.   Unfortunatly, the power isn't anything to write home about. There were three of us in the car and it never seemed to really want to accelerate. I changed the transmission to the Power setting and didn't notice any difference.   Third seat room was Ok. Not as good as the Durango, not as bad as the Montero. It was a little tricky for an adult to get out of.   We're considering this as a more stylish substiture to a Toyota Sienna. The Toyota wins on quality and ease of use. Don't know which way we'll go.
#23 of 1350 3rd row seat in durango!!!! by paisan Dec 20, 2000 (9:43 pm)
I sat back there and they were pitiful at best. Also it sacraficed the 2nd row of seating in the durango...   But back to the XL7, this looks like a good competator with the execption of the power issues. Especially because it should come in around $23K max for the one that is stickering $25K   -mike
#24 of 1350 Just purchased Suzuki XL-7 2WD Touring by luna31570 Jan 02, 2001 (9:23 am)
I really love it. Power everything, cruise, power tilt & retract sunroof. CD/Cassette (stereo sounds decent), beautiful white pearl paint, deep tint windows... all standard with this line.   We are a family of 4 plus one large dog and had been looking at either Passat Wagon or Toyota Sienna. We were going to save up a down for either one to make our monthly's more affordable, but when we saw the deal on the LX-7, which seated 7 and had the v-6 engine, we bought one.   Got it for $99 over invoice, about $24,7 out the door. It's a nice ride. Much better than our '89 Isuzu I-mark we were going to have to depend on for a year while we saved up a down for a more expensive car.
#25 of 1350 Suzuki XL-7 Touring 2-WD by bini44 Jan 03, 2001 (10:35 am)
Wife just purchased Cool-Beige color XL7 on 19 DEC. Cool color and nice vehicle design. A little small in the next 4 seats behind drivers and shotgun seating. Extremely smooth ride over railroad tracks and handles great. My wife has sunroof, but not a plastic sun shield. Doesn't touring model supposed to come with the sun shield?
#26 of 1350 sunshield? by luna31570 Jan 04, 2001 (8:16 am)
Bini44 -   I have the Touring model. By sunshield, do you mean a outer visor attachment along the front windshield top edge? If so, no -- no models come with that nor is it available as an accessory.   If you mean the manual sliding inner cover that blocks the sun from shining through your sunroof, yes, it should have come with one.   regards, -L
#27 of 1350 XL-7 Colors & Size by nolemon Jan 04, 2001 (12:00 pm)
I live in Europe and the XL-7 will not be here until Spring, so I will have to wait and keep reading the comments the XL-7 gets here.   bini44! The color of your car is it the same as seen in the suzuki.com page is that the "cool beige" color, bright beige/silver ? + I cant see that sunroof wind reflector is included, they talk about sunshade, colored glass roof or the thing you pull across the sunroof.   Is it possible to remove the 3rd seat row, I find it unbelievable if you are stuck with them. I want them in or out at my own choice.   And for anyone to inform me, I see that the car is bigger, versus the standard Grand V. But what car does it compare to size wise. The body is wider, correct me if I am wrong! Or am I a Landcruiser wannabe !   I really like this edit-30 min. thing
#28 of 1350 XL7 test drive by mty96 Jan 04, 2001 (12:06 pm)
I got a chance to test drive the XL7 recently. Very nice ride, quiet. Power is acceptable but nothing to write home about. The third row of seats is barely functional and difficult to get into. They might be better served to have a version without the third row of seats and offer more 2nd seat legroom and more cargo room. I eventually purchased the Mazda Tribute based on price and reputation but I would not have been disappointed with the XL7.
#29 of 1350 Reputation? by paisan Jan 04, 2001 (3:11 pm)
You do realize the Tribute = Ford Escape which has 6 safety recalls and 2 stop sales, and 2 stop production line recalls! I'd take the suzuki anyday over the FORD Exploder little sister Good luck with your mazda, i just hope you didn't believe the commercial where it claimed to be raised by miatas, cause there isn't one single thing mazda about the Tribute   -mike
#30 of 1350 XL7 by big_guy Jan 04, 2001 (4:15 pm)
I test drove an XL7 today. I liked the ride and the acceleration was o.k. The second row leg room could be better but isn't bad for a smaller SUV. The rear most seats are for kids or small adults. The second row of seats can be slid forward to make third row leg room better but the second row leg room gets worse. I would like to take my family down for a test drive in the XL7 to see how it behaves when it is loaded down with people and to see how the leg room works out with the car loaded up.   noleman - The 3rd row seats are not removable but they do fold down out of the way. The rear area is not flat with them folded however, the folded seats cause the floor line to slope up towards the second row of seats.

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