Prices for front-wheel-drive models start at $36,290, but a top-spec CXL-2 like our tester has a base price of $42,770. That includes heated and cooled front seats, three-zone climate control, active front headlights, and a slew of other luxury items. With the optional touch-screen navigation and rear-seat entertainment system ($3185), power sunroof and rear skylight ($1400), White Diamond paint ($795), towing package ($455), and second-row center console ($300), our example stickered at $48,905. Add all-wheel drive and 20-inch wheels, and you’re in the mid-$50,000 range, at which point you’ll want to look at the Lincoln MKT ($44,995 base) and its optional 355-hp, 3.5-liter twin-turbo V-6; the more capable Land Rover LR4 ($48,100) and its 385-hp, 5.0-liter V-8; and the Audi Q7 ($47,725).
For our money, we’d sacrifice some bling and isolation for a better drive and get that Mazda CX-9 that starts at $29,385 and tops out with all-wheel drive at about $40,000. Still, there’s something to be said for the Enclave’s styling and bank-vault-quiet cabin; watch the options, and you can end up satisfied.
For our money, we’d sacrifice some bling and isolation for a better drive and get that Mazda CX-9 that starts at $29,385 and tops out with all-wheel drive at about $40,000. Still, there’s something to be said for the Enclave’s styling and bank-vault-quiet cabin; watch the options, and you can end up satisfied.