 It definitely fits the needs of my new and growing family. Lots of storage and safety features, and it looks really cool too! Handles great and has a little pep when I need it. We would have probably got a lower trim level if they came with the safety package, but the titanium has lots of fun stuff, though I would have preferred to spend less. I have a friend who had an Edge and got hit by a dump truck on the side of their young son (not kidding), totalling the car, and everyone was fine. Another friend has one and loves everything but wants better gas mileage. I'm fine with it since it can tow way more than the competition that gets better gas mileage. Fair trade off for me and way better mileage than I was getting on my last vehicle. The tow package with additional cooling and safety features is great. I think my only complaint is the sunroof lowers the ceiling a little too much on the sides where the rails are and my hair can touch (I'm 6'2"). Definitely more headroom without it. The visibility around the A and C/D pillars could be better but that's probably just part of the aerodynamics of the design and hasn't been an issue. I would like the rearview mirror to be higher as it blocks my view a bit (again I'm tall), the escape didn't have that issue, but I'm getting used to it. It definitely has a more grown up feel to it compared to the escape, which is what we were also considering. It was very tough deciding between the Escape and Edge, but the tons of extra room and the bigger size to fair better in a possible accident better made it worth the extra money. After 4500 miles I'm still very pleased with my decision to purchase. I can't really comment on reliability or repair costs yet, but so far so good!