We went with what I think is the sweet spot trim: Turbo (non-S) Premium Plus. Nappa leather, 7 passenger seating with 2nd row captain’s chairs, Bose audio, larger screen, 360 cam, panoramic sunroof, heated and ventilated front seats, heated 2nd row seats, memory seating, 21 inch wheels (same wheel as top trim just different color), auto-dimming power folding side mirrors, heated steering wheel, windshield wiper de-icer, automatic wipers and high beams, digital gauge cluster. Pricing falls right in the middle between the very base select and the top trim Turbo S Premium Plus. Still for those that don’t need the bells and whistles, that base trim is such an amazing value giving you a powertrain like that standard (turbo inline 6, mild hybrid, rear biased AWD). For 2025 the larger center screen and the digital gauge cluster is standard on all trims above the “select” trim.
I Love the comparison and SORRY if I'm being picky, I think you should have cleaned the base model up a bit, shine the wheels etc. it looks dusty! I would buy a used premium plus and avoid the extra $20K! Brilliant mind at work!
Yea the owner is pretty lazy when it comes to washing cars 😅 and no real point in buying used. Always buy new with a discount. The discounted new price is what you end up paying in the used market with little to no warranty and with miles on the vehicle
Love the top trims w/ the tan interior, BUT it is a lot of money to pay on top for mostly the same car. The problem is the 19" rims and the big thick swaths of black plastic cladding really scream base model. There is a mid-tier version (GT version in Canada) that gets the 21" rims but they're all silver, not painted black w/ machined faces (i think this trend has to die soon anyway). So it doesn't look super base model... Base model I-6 is fine because 90% of the time you're going to be running 87 octane anyway.
@@bonjournaste yea for 2025 we now get a Premium Sport trim level which seems to be similar to the GT you mentioned and it does help to elevate the look 😅
I'd get the CX-90 loaded if it was used 3-4 years old. By then depreciation will turn that $21,000 onto $5,000-$7000. Then you might as well treat yourself. But new I'd go mid trim.
@@salimrandall yea I do know what you mean options don’t hold their value so the loaded models will crash but at that point will be out of warranty and these things are now as bad as a BMW 😅🤣
Yea top of the line is not worth it with most vehicles. I would skip the Turbo S and stick with the 280 hp vehicles and get some of the desirable options
@@headbussa3185 I guess a testament to how good the top of the line is that I think it drives super nice and enjoy the drive despite having a GLS580 and SQ5 right now and a cayenne in the past, lol
Our top of the range is the G50e Azami it starts at $101,329 our base is the G50e Touring and it starts at $80,786 so $20,543 difference and I can't believe that we pay $40,000 more than you do, for the top model.
That is truly nuts it's a shame how bloated MSRPs have gotten across the globe this is why I always show people how to get good lease deals on high msrp vehicles to make this stuff somewhat obainable
