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Beefy yes, not that much luggage. The 3rd row of seats comes at the expense of luggage space. So when everyone is onboard there's only room for a couple of suitcases in the back. What is convenient is that the seats fold down completely flat, so when I need to haul something alone it's quite roomy.
We did do the 16 hour drive to visit my mom this summer, and for the occasion we got one of those roof mounted ski boxes for the additional storage/luggage space. That gave us room for 5 extra suitcases, fishing rods, life vests et.al. (boating was on the agenda).
Despite being a lot heavier and more powerful than the old car, the fuel economy is much better as it's a chargeable hybrid. For long trips this clocks in at roughly 25% less fuel spent. When it's just the daily driving stuff I switch to full electric. The battery is enough for 40ish minutes of driving.
Right after I bought it I took the kids on a small trip up this mountainside close to where we live. While driving I explained the concept of power-to-weight to them, and then told them some figures about the old and the new car. I could see them in the back mirror, thinking hard about the numbercrunching. I quietly switched to the "power mode" which basically connects all three engines for performance over economy. Just as they started to answer that the new car had a much higher PWR I floored it and I heard four surprised happy cheers from the back as the car practically jumped up the 30 degree slope.
As for the dreaded in-laws trip, for me that's almost every day, as they live 300 meters away. For my GF, that was this summer.
300 meters away! π¬
Reminds me of my old Grand Cherokee in terms of space and seating. Adding a car topper really helped. When the kids were young, we did many 3200 km trips back and forth between where we lived and where the family lived. That's a lot of car time with kiddoes and a dog. So many pee breaks.
Now, we have a minivan which has the third row of seats plus decent storage pace (in the back and below seats, millennium falcon style). It's not sexy, but it really gets the job done well. The V6 pulls the camper with ease, too. Now we only live 1300 km away. Phew!