xyunya- No, the Daewoo version is a rebadged VUE. You’ve got it backwards.

anyway you`ve made your stupidity rather apparent by first comparing the edge to a smaller rav4 and then backtracking to the escape jjayc08. I’m calling you out as an idiot.

The Vue is a joke. It’s ridiculously heavy, expensive, has the second worst cargo room for its class has a snout only a mother could love. Plus Saturn quality/reliabiltity haven’t exactly been something to praise lately.

I’d buy a Subaru Forester X/T if I were buying in this class.

Dr. Fill, congrats – it was very objective, albeit harsh for RAV write-up. I test drove Sport RAV-4 with 4 & 6 cylinders. 4 cylinders feels better, 6 generates ton of torque and puts a lot of heft into the front. Yes CR-V more car-like, but not that much more. As far as value: CR-V takes it hands down. Option for option CR-V EX was at least 2 large cheaper with slightly better mileage and handling (but much uglier in my book).

IN other words though, the Edge is also a much larger vehicle. It’s a much quicker vehicle, that has a much better transmission and engine than the RAV4. Even though it’s about 10 inches longer, 3 inches wider and has a 10 inch longer wheelbase, it only gets two to three miles per gallon less city-highway compared to the V-6 RAV4.

I think it’d be best to compare the RAV4 to the Escape though. The Escape gets better fuel economy any way you look at it, better suspension system and in most motoring magazines opinions, a better four wheel drive system with locking rear. About the same size as the RAV4 too, and you can get it in a hybrid, which is also the fastest at recouping costs for any hybrid in the industry.

But hey, go drive one. I’ve driven the Escape, nice little vehicle from Ford. Probably their best “small” offering in the states currently, although Focus is really great too.

xyunya- I would say the VUE is more peppy than the RAV4, or pretty much about anything in it’s class. Fuel economy isn’t too great, and the interior isn’t anything to brag about, it’s nice, but other than that not the greatest GM could have thought up. The Edge would be my personal choice, but your going to be paying a lot more for gas, but for a much better vehicle with A LOT of character.

RAV-4 is a nice vehicle. I’m not in the market for this class, but I’d pick it over the current CR-V.

I drove Vue – better is very relative word. Basically Daewoo does not make cars/trucklettes better then Toyota. It is heavier by 700 lbs and drives like ’70s LTD III station wagon. If this is definition of better – grab it. There are tons of them at each and every Saturn dealer

i’m sure mileage is good in the city but the highway rpm’s are friggin’ nuts. I forget what it was.. 4000rpm at 70-75mph or something? it’s like they took the camry transmission and just added a nutty final drive rather than redoing the gearing.

i hope they get it right with the next gen.

also the new rav4 actually looks good compared to the last.. right on toyota.

and returning better mpg in a chassis like that, that’s impressive. I hope this engine carries over to the scion tc and other cars! i like the scion tc, but it’s mpg/power verge on nonimpressive.