Love the 3rd row seats. It's very convenient when I need to haul extra kids for games and practices. Again, the 3rd row seats are for kids, not for full size adults.

Running boards are great also when you have kids. Helps them getting in and out of the car. Just like what M6X mentioned, you can step on them getting in and out of the car if you're concerned on getting your pants dirty. Never an issue for me.

Auto rear hatch was not available on MY07. I wish I have them. My daughter has a tendency to slam that rear door shut after I drop her off at school and it irritates me. That rear hatch is also pretty hard to reach for younger kids so I sometimes have to get off the car to close the hatch after I drop off my daughter to school.

I'm not sure how the auto rear hatch would be a concern for kids squishing their fingers. You would have to look on your rear view mirror to see if there's a person behind you anyway before closing it shut. Or you can turn on the PDC/back up camera to look behind or use the sensors. If you have kids sitting in the 3rd row, you will have to make sure that they are wearing their seat belts anyway before closing the rear hatch to make sure they don't reach back there.

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2007 E70 3.0