I'm trying to decide what SUV would be best between the Audi Q7 diesel, the Porsche Cayenne Diesel, and the BMW X5 diesel. And I'll throw the gasser in there as well: the newer Mazda CX-9.
All the diesel models I'm looking at are in the 2014-2015 range. The CX-9 years I'm looking at are the 2017 and 2018.
The price on them are all about the same (roughly $30k). I want the car for logevity, being able to tow at least 5500 lbs, and most important, being RELIABLE.
Standard lack of these cars by the masses in the US means there's not a lot of reviews out there on these minus the Mazda.
I have driven the CX-9 and I did like it, however it won't get quite the MPG that the diesels get and I don't believe it will last as long being a gasser.
The Porsche Cayenne: the earlier models were plagued with problems (as well as the VW Touareg and why it's not on this list). In 2014, they seemed to fix many of them while the VW equivelant did not. I like the one the most for handling and looks, but want to be sure all those high dollar Porsche stamped parts aren't going to come and bite me in the but down the road if the reliability isn't as good as I have researched.
The BMW X5D has got some really good reviews for 2014 and 2015. It has some killer power all while getting the best highway MPG out of all of them at 32. I just would like any more info anyone can chime in with as I really haven't heard much past guys who bought theirs new and only put on 15k-20k worth of miles.
The Audi I probably like the least just because of its looks, but I really also know the least about this one as it's the only one I have not driven out of the rest of them.
All the diesel models I'm looking at are in the 2014-2015 range. The CX-9 years I'm looking at are the 2017 and 2018.
The price on them are all about the same (roughly $30k). I want the car for logevity, being able to tow at least 5500 lbs, and most important, being RELIABLE.
Standard lack of these cars by the masses in the US means there's not a lot of reviews out there on these minus the Mazda.
I have driven the CX-9 and I did like it, however it won't get quite the MPG that the diesels get and I don't believe it will last as long being a gasser.
The Porsche Cayenne: the earlier models were plagued with problems (as well as the VW Touareg and why it's not on this list). In 2014, they seemed to fix many of them while the VW equivelant did not. I like the one the most for handling and looks, but want to be sure all those high dollar Porsche stamped parts aren't going to come and bite me in the but down the road if the reliability isn't as good as I have researched.
The BMW X5D has got some really good reviews for 2014 and 2015. It has some killer power all while getting the best highway MPG out of all of them at 32. I just would like any more info anyone can chime in with as I really haven't heard much past guys who bought theirs new and only put on 15k-20k worth of miles.
The Audi I probably like the least just because of its looks, but I really also know the least about this one as it's the only one I have not driven out of the rest of them.