a quick comparison summary,

GL is a nice car, but wife concludes it's way too big a car after failing to fit it in a car park slot, nearly 5.1m long. we all like it being comfortable, practical especially third row seats and surprised how easy to drive the big one round the corner and perhaps more refined albeit it's slower. Diesel engine is less noisy.

Q7, em... same length as GL and didn't really appeal us much, if a Q7, why not GL was the question. Q7 perhaps has the best interior though, personal taste. Good deal available though, without asking much, the salesman was ready to knock off 20k for a quick delivery.

xc90 was a bit too slow, even for the wife and it's showing its model age. Build quality doesn't seem as good as others either.

Will get a my11 40d , need to learn how to be patient.

two day dealer experience: MB the best, volvo second, BMW third and Audi last.

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