Your tastes are much like mine. I've been looking at the MDX also. Kind of a neat car, but when the try to cram a 3rd row in a car that really has no part in having one, all the passengers behind the driver suffer. Performance wise the car is great and the looks are too bad. I also looked at the MB R350Diesel. Kind of interesting I guess. Doesn't tow but you can get one in a diesel. 6 passengers only. I'm thinking its more station wagon the SUV. I saw the Audi over the summer and didn't know what to think. It just looked big and bloated. Audi scares me with the reliability anyway. Like I said maybe I buy a Soprano Escalade that must be going for pennies on the dollar since the last gas crisis. That, or I'll just wait for a diesel X5. It's kind of hard to find a car the fits all your needs. So far the X5 4.6is has.
