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2009 Buick Enclave

2009 Ford Flex

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  2009 Buick Enclave CXL 2009 Ford Flex SE 2009 Honda Pilot Touring w/Nav
MSRP
$35,070
$28,550
$27,695
Invoice $33,141 $26,842 $25,101
MPG
City/Highway
16/24 16/24 16/23
Rating 8.2 9 8
Bottomline The 2009 Buick Enclave takes American-made luxury crossovers into the realm where Lexus resides. The 2009 Ford Flex is one of the most stylish new crossovers, with great passenger room and more features than some minivans. The 2009 Honda Pilot looks more SUV-like in its second edition, but it has the room of a minivan, along with some notable styling miscues and expensive choices to make from the options list.
Likes &
Dislikes

Likes:

  • Easier to live with than a full-size SUV
  • Graceful styling
  • Comfortable, opulent interior
  • Standard features galore
  • Heated windshield included among other options

Dislikes:

  • Excessive weight means it’s not nimble
  • Transmission hunts on highway grades
  • Unimpressive fuel economy

Likes:

  • Against-the-grain styling
  • Wealth of features
  • First- and second-row seating comfort

Dislikes:

  • Tight headroom in third-row seat
  • Uncomfortable headrests
  • No telescoping steering wheel

Likes:

  • Expanded interior package
  • Clever and numerous interior bins
  • Sweet powertrain
  • Adult-sized third-row seat

Dislikes:

  • That big, big grille
  • Thick styling
  • Hard plastics inside
  • Bundling of options
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Comments (1 total)

  1. By Robert #1, Posted: 7/20/2009

    The Buick Enclave is clearly the best of the 3 cars here. Enclave has far greater interior comfort and higher grade materials. I tested each of these and bought the Enclave. Rides great, 3rd row has good headroom unlike these others, nav system and On-Star excellent. Buick Enclave should be rated a 9.0 here. Only disadvantage is it's more limited visability out passenger side rear window. We also liked the 2nd row bucket seats so that our dog could lay comfortably between these seats. Do not agree with this reviewer's dislikes. The Enclave is very nimble and no tranmission issues.

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