Battle of the Crossover SUV's: Honda v Mazda v Toyota

LEARN MORE ABOUT CROSSOVERS: http://www.edmunds.com/insidel... keep a couple seven-passenger crossover SUVs in our long-term test fleet and they're indispensable for carting around kids, terriers and lawn furniture. Of course, we still crack the obvious jokes. We'll tell you that these are minivans with hinged doors, SUVs trail-rated for the Starbucks drive-thru, tall wagons that think they're too good to be called tall wagons.But there's nothing superficial or irrational about crossover SUVs like the 2009 Honda Pilot, 2008 Mazda CX-9 or 2008 Toyota Highlander. All three make good on the crossover promise of a vast interior, easy maneuverability and decent fuel economy. Maybe you're aghast that anyone would need three rows of seating, but maybe you've never tried to cram three toddlers in Britax car seats into a Honda Accord.We have. You need that third row. But if that third row were in a minivan, you might find yourself filling a prescription for antidepressants. This leaves you to consider a crossover SUV of medium-to-large proportions.Just about any current-day crossover will accomplish the basics, but the diversity of this vehicle genre might catch you off guard. Even though the 2009 Honda Pilot, 2008 Mazda CX-9 and 2008 Toyota Highlander seem to match one another airbag for airbag, their personalities are so different that you can't drive them without taking sides.

Channel: Autos & Vehicles
Uploaded: July 8, 2008 at 7:24 pm
Author: InsideLineVideo

Length: 04:27
Rating: 4.03
Views: 20045

Tags: 2008 2009 auto car CX-9 Edmunds Highlander Honda Inside Line Mazda motor Pilot Toyota

Video Comments

KristerBrunei (August 30, 2008 at 4:59 am)

The comment was NOT supposed to be taken seriously, you inbred dumbfuck. I was making fun of MIXMASTAPWN.Here's the definition for SARCASM, since you have the attention span of a pile of dogshit.Sarcasm - A verbal tone in which it is obvious from context that the speaker means the OPPOSITE of what he or she says.It doesn't get any more clearer than that.By the way, I'm not white, so take your "indian killer" bullshit somewhere else, you ignorant fuck.

leontam (August 29, 2008 at 2:42 am)

Just in case Youtube's crappy commenting system didn't place it properly, that was a satirical reply to KristerBrunei's comment.

leontam (August 29, 2008 at 2:39 am)

what I meant was, if you are not american indian, you are just another immigrant. Or your grand grand grand father was a indian killer! And, if you don't know what '傻逼' is, you go check with your mum, i told her last night in your parent's bed room. yes, i can use chinese to 操你,and you know nothing about what i am talking about. you idiot and your whole family sucks!

2009StarGazer2009 (August 28, 2008 at 8:14 pm)

stop crtisizing the honda its fine

geraldJR314 (August 27, 2008 at 10:00 pm)

my moms is going toa 2008 mazda cx9 and its gonna go fast.You morons!

lowincash (August 23, 2008 at 10:11 pm)

wtf are you saying? english please.

SuMoJunkie (August 22, 2008 at 7:29 am)

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?!?!?!German>Japanese>Korean>American

asusddr (August 17, 2008 at 3:07 am)

American us gm use japan engine junk scam shitty dumb shit stupid dumb ass stealing steal japan car and truck design

sleeksilver (August 13, 2008 at 12:57 am)

I'd still take the Pilot. I have a neighbor who is a pharmaceutical sales rep who racked up over 280,000 miles on her Pilot and it required nothing but regular maintenance (I think) two new windshields. Honda knows how to do it right. Also, everyone else is clocking the Honda's 0-60 in the mid 7's. How did Edmunds get a 10 second 0-60????

69mach1460 (August 12, 2008 at 6:59 am)

the mustang sold over 2 million ponies after 2 years since its been released. noone bought camaros because basically noone liked them. What particular GM car outsold the mustang in one year when they have always produced more mustang than they did camaros. u obviously have no idea what u r talking about. Granted, GM doesnt even have a muscle car on the market! lol. so what u r saying isnt posible. Ford has a better idea.