[BuickBoy]

IMO, the Traverse is a good vehicle that is arriving at the wrong time. It's too expensive,especially when compared to the Uplander, too heavy, too large, gets poor gas mileage, and is not as polarizing as the Ford Flex. Up here in Canada, the Uplander and Montana short wheelbase vans are big sellers because, other than AWD, they can do everything the Traverse, Outlook, Acadia, and Excelle can do for far less money.

I just went to Toyota's web site and priced a top-of-the-line Highlander at $41,000. Since this Traverse was an LTZ they should be comparable altough I fell the LTZ offers much more. $2K more for the Traverse NO BRAINER!