fun to drive, comfortable, mid life crisis

You are right about the Edge and Grand Cherokee. Nice cars, poor reliability.

The Lexus RX350 is a great car, probably the most reliable luxury car, not fun to drive, but is very comfortable. Great road trip car. It's the best selling luxury vehicle in the U.S. so I guess it's the Camry of luxury SUVs for better or worse.

I don't like the Acura RDX, but some people do for its simplicity and how it feels like a Honda. It's just not competitive with most other luxury crossovers. It is reliable though.

I rented an Infiniti QX70 a few years ago and I thought it was fun to drive. The ride was too harsh for my taste, but loved the sound system. Great driver's car, but not for road trips. The interior was very small and sort of cramped, one of the less practical SUVs. My favorite part was the signature Inifiniti exhaust note; the car sounds awesome. Reliability is iffy. I'm not a fan of Nissan, but I really liked the QX70 because it's unlike most SUVs today.

I haven't driven the XC60, but I've heard the seats are comfortable. It isn't reliable so that's probably a deal breaker. Older interior than the other SUVs.

I'm assuming the Pilot replacement is the RX350 and the Ridgeline replacement is the Infiniti, Volvo, or Acura?

GJA_164, I'd take a slightly used RX over the NX. The NX is not too different from a RAV4 on which it is based. The RAV4 is a good car but it's also a $24k car. Still I'd take the NX over the Acura RDX because it's a fresher design. Both Lexuses are reliable though.

I wouldn't take a Buick over a Lexus because with Lexus you have peace of mind and luxury. Buick and every GM brand dropped several ranks in the Consumer Reports reliability survey this year while Toyota takes #1 and Lexus #2. I think GM is feeling the aftermath of completely redesigning their lineup unfortunately. Cadillac and GMC (both made by GM) are at the bottom of the same reliability list comprised of 27 automakers. They also share parts between their four automakers.

NormT, in the Acura RDX, "Up to 90 percent of available driveline torque can be transferred to the front wheels during high-speed driving. During straight line full-throttle acceleration, up to 45 percent of available torque can be transferred to the rear wheels. In hard cornering during acceleration, up to 70 percent of available torque can be directed to the rear wheels for enhanced vehicle dynamics. Up to 100 percent of the torque sent to the rear axle can be applied to either rear wheel as the conditions dictate." Sounds like torque vectoring to me.

That's why they named it "Super-Handling AWD." The RDX does have torque vectoring as do all SH-AWD Acuras.

I also found a car that outsteers the Envision. Yes, it has a 2.0T with AWD. Infiniti QX30 at 57 mph for $30k.

Electro, that was the original RDX that had SH-AWD. From wiki:

"...The SH- AWD system will be replaced with a simpler and less costly AWD setup. 2013 Acura RDX."

The QX30 is quick through emergrncy hanfling test, quicker than its kissing cousin the Mercedes GLA. But both finish low on CR entry level luxury cuv's list and not even recommended like the higher placed Buick Encore. Which is bottom of the barrel fishing by those two as the Encore can be had for $18K or half their price.

You can cherry pick all you want the Envision is a pretty comprehensive anf dynamic package.