When my friend, who lives in Mass. (we get together a couple of times a year) called me and told me that he had bought one, my first thought was, "why did you buy that piece of crap?" ... I had a picture of it being a little tin box like a Kia Sportage. When he drove it down here last year, I was amazed at how solid and well built it is. I would take it long before I would have a Honda Pilot and Honda builds a good vehicle... But I think the Santa Fe is every bit as well built..... J.M.H.O.