Hyundai aims for the Lexus RX 350, hits the Toyota Highlander.

Climate Controls

Automatic climate control is great...when it works. As far as maintaining temperature is concerned, the Veracruz’s system did fine, and we like the separate controls for rear seat occupants and the cleverly integrated back-seat vents. We have only one fairly minor but long-winded complaint. The electronic nose that controls the automatic air recirculation has a case of the sniffles, as it rarely switched to recirc mode even behind the smelliest fume-spewing port-bound diesel cargo haulers in the Los Angeles area. To manually set it you have to exit the automatic mode. It’s not a huge hassle, but one we feel drivers shouldn’t have to deal with.

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