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From personal experience, the '00 DTS and '06 STS had some of the most comfortable seats I've dealt with for daily driving and road trips.. I miss cars that focus on comfort and silence...not everything has to be optimized for setting Nurburgring times. I drove my sister's DTS from Phoenix to LA or San Diego several times when I lived in Phoenix, very comfortable and quiet. 6 hr drives weren't bad at all. 6 hrs (or 50 like I did in 2017) in my Jeep and my back is in a world of pain.

Agree comfort should always be in Luxury Auto's foremost, but sadly brand name bragging has made things less so. I have no problem with the thinner seats that are made in the Escalade as long as they offer comfort, sadly the thinner seats are hard as a rock limiting road trip comfort.

Very Cool to see that the Equinox EV has gone into production test runs. GM Started Building 2024 Chevy Equinox EV Units (gmauthority.com)

I get what you are saying and agree that Lincoln is not going after the performance market. With that said, Cadillac I feel is taking a cheap way here in that they offer Luxury levels of their autos and then sport and performance. I get that the seats should be firmer in the Sport and Performance, but Luxury should be Luxury and I find nothing wrong with the magna ride suspension absorbing the bumps of the road while still having a total comfort chair inside like my 2006 Escalade. Sadly, Cadillac seems to have gone the firm seat for everyone even if you are buying the Luxury level of auto.

I don't think it has anything to do with brand name bragging. I think it's that a lot of companies have moved to cars that "handle better" and think that also requires firm seats to hold you in place. This is one reason I like Lincoln. They're not lying to anybody saying they're going for legitimate comfort over sportiness.

BBQ season has begun!!! I decided to on Saturday make baby back ribs. I decided I wanted to do two types of ribs, a traditional honey BBQ sauced ribs and one based on a Korean Spicy Pork dish which uses Gochujang which is the base of the sauce. A Gochujang BBQ sauce. To make sure the ribs were tender and juicy, I had been doing research on Brines. Wet Brine: 6 cups water, divided 1 (12 oz) light beer or imperial 1 cup apple juice or cider 1 cup dark brown sugar (sub light brown sugar if that’s what you have) 1/2 cup Kosher salt1 tablespoon granulated garlic1 tablespoon granulated onion 1/2 tablespoon Chinese 5 Spice 2 cups ice cubes I bought 10lbs of baby back Prime ribs from business Costco, so I doubled the Brine batch to ensure that they were well covered. I used two 19oz IPA Indian Pale Ale from DESCHUTES brewery. I then salt and peppered two racks of ribs and used my pork rub on the other two racks of ribs. I then wrapped them in parchment paper, covered with foil and back into the fridge for another 24hr nap before grilling them slowly. I have to say they came out very tender, juicy beyond compare, best ribs I have made yet, 250, slow go for almost 4hrs using only the outside two burners on my grill. The traditional ribs were awesome with a nice sweet sauce. The Gochujang BBQ sauce is a spice lovers dream. Darker than the traditional sauce in the pictures, this sauce was put on the salt n pepper ribs. Rich deep flavor, spicy, tender and the bones were left clean. For those wanting to try this sauce on their ribs, here is a very similar recipe that my wife has made as everything is in her head. https://www.koreanbapsang.com/dweji-bulgogi-korean-spicy-pork-bbq/ We add red pepper flakes to kick up the heat, make it as thin or thick as you like, adjust to personal taste.

I'm with you on this. Those seats you show above look great. It's easy to see they are substantial and comfortable. In that tight span of years, seating was more comfortable. In another Cadillac of that time - the DTS - the seats were excellent. I test sat in one on Pensacola Blvd. and, being on vacation, the salesman knew I wouldn't be buying and was still laid back and friendly. Like the car above, the DTS I sat in also had a console, so these seats were similar to 40-40 buckets. The last refresh of the 2006-2007 Monte Carlo also had big, comfortable bucket seats - for a car of that price point. Along the same lines, when the Pontiac Bonneville got reformulated the very last time for 2000, the bucket seats also became a lot nicer, and bigger, and moved in the right direction from those of the upside-down boat/jelly bean Bonneville model (1992-1999 +/-) that preceded it. More recently, many automakers are going for high design and flash more so than aiming for comfort. And charging way more for their cars!

The Tundra is rated slightly higher. He was comparing the non=hybrid tundra to the hybrid Ram, which the Tundra still edges the Ram by 1mpg highway, both 19mpg combined. And their hybrids:

Totally agree about the firm seats. I am back from my week of PTO having driven 545 miles in one day to Fairmont Hot Springs BC. Summer Family Trip - Fairmont Hot Springs Resort Reservations I will confirm that the comfort level on the seat is of BIG BIG IMPORTANCE for road trips. My 2006 Cadillac Escalade ESV has the following seats: Totally comfortable and had no problems driving for hours and hours without stopping. Solid adjustable support and yet comfort that makes it easy on the body. Today's Escalade 2023 seat, website sucks as they no longer allow all the views you used to get, but the seats are hard as a rock having personally tried them, no comfort and would not make a road trip comfy SUV. Good thing for online reviews. Current Cadillac seats are not road trip worthy even in the cars.