Drove one yesterday. Drives great, there's been some talk about it being underpowered, but I didn't think so. It accelerates nicely from stop and onto the highway etc. I was at 80mph without really thinking about it. Passing at highway speeds isn't going to blow your mind, but seemed fine to me. It has a solid driving feel and cornered nicely on some twisty roads, the salesmen even encouraged me to push it through the turns. Has a weirdly small steering wheel compared to my TDi, salesman said VW is using the smaller ones in all the cars now. Not sure about that and didn't test it out. I'd get used to it though.
It does have plenty of space, I sat in the third row and felt I could spend a long ride there if needed, the folding seat makes it very easy to get into. There's a decent amount of cargo space behind the third rows and it becomes huge when you fold the 3rd row down.
I drove the SE with Tech. Right now they only have the S Launch, SE + tech, and the SEL models available. All only with 4motion. I'm looking at the Base SE which will be available in a couple months. Though they did offer me $1k off the $40k SE tech one I drove, it's still more than I want to spend, so hoping I can work a good deal for the SE when it's available.
I don't really understand the Launch version, upgraded the S with the sunroof and bigger touch screen, but they really should have ditched the sunroof and gone with heated power seats. I think a lot of those will languish on the lot, at least in northern states.
sarcastically)
