To jump or not to jump....

Well, went for the test drive. The salesman was all over "did you notice the big jump in power?". NO. It's not much more powerful. The car had only 400 km on it, so it wasn't broken in, and it had been sitting in the sun. So that could easily account for the lack of "more power". I found the dash much cooler than the MFD, easier to "watch". I especially liked the steering wheel switch indications on the dash. It was a "Premium Package with Solar Panels" that they gave us to test drive, I think. I didn't notice a GPS. Didn't look at the wheels, but they had to be 15" with the moonroof. It was dark blue. Very dark blue. Didn't notice the better handling, but we were driving in traffic in the city. Salesman didn't come, didn't get my license, but did know me from previous purchase, so that was good enough I guess. The car "felt" larger, I guess due to more visible interior plastic around the front windshield. Speed was deceptive, even more so than with Pearl. I had to watch the speedo to avoid speeding. When we went to see the "prototype" last year we got the impression it was more cramped in the front due to the dash to console extension. When driving it that was not the impression at all.
I guess my best description would be "more of the same".

Nice car. Not worth paying whatever to "trade up" a three year old car though. Guess I'm getting cheap in my old age. My friend was impressed. He may buy one and dump his mini-van (Chrysler).

You have to be careful in price comparisons. For example, Toyota says "the 2010 is the same as your car re options", but then they sneak in the one door SKS system instead of the three door, and charge much more for the three door due to packaging other things into the car.