What I'd like to see now is a comparison to the RAV-4, Kia Sorrento, Hyundai Santa Fe... you know, more similarly-sized vehicles.

The only thing that made the VehiCross place second with those testers seems to have been aesthetics, particularly interior. On a performance basis, it isn't even close (look at some of those charts and net scores). One thing about it though - it was competing against larger vehicles, so I'd expect it to stop quicker, for instance. Although the 'Cross is deceptively heavy. But I have heard it has a braking distance as good most anything on the road, so it would interesting to see the numbers for some other vehicles.

By the way, does anybody have any good info on safety for the VX? I've tried to hunt down some articles/reviews, but in some of the main publications the VX was never even tested and it is like they never existed. Are there any crash test numbers/results on these things anywhere? I did however dig up some used car info that rated it best in class, despite its gremlins we all know about. Not too shabby.