This is a spectacular vehicle…

Wife is looking for a car and we settled on going fully electric. She wanted something higher end.

Went and test drove a Cadillac Optiq (Luxury 2) and an Acura ZDX Type S AWD. The Cadillac is $60k MSRP, the Acura $75k MSRP.

On both when I stepped out from the test drive the sales guy smiles and says, how was it?

Well, not that great. My $50k Hyundai has more tech, feels more high end, and has a smoother ride.

Wasn’t excited about driving either car and was excited to get back in my Santa Fe, like I always am.

The Acura is full of plastic and the screen is small, feels like it came out 5+ years ago even though it’s a new redesign in 24.

The Cadillac had a much better interior, but the outside was less appealing.

Both had surround view monitors and HUDs that were not as good as the SF. The super cruise was an improvement over what we have, more of a true self driving feature. I found the android auto software to be good, but less intuitive than our menus.

Will probably go for the Cadillac, but am even more happy with my Santa Fe choice!