Endura vs Acadia

[Sprintey]

I just realised that Red vs Blue, Detroit iron, 4 door family cars, the eternal battle - still exists here in Australia.

It's just now it's the Endura vs the Acadia.

Endura is Ontario assembled, Acadia in Tennessee. Both companies have done RHD and sent them here. I think in GM's case they spent 100 Million converting for Australian and NZ buyers.

https://www.caradvice.com.au/721194/...rending&slot=2

https://www.caradvice.com.au/695715/...acadia-review/

Now these two actually make a point of difference in the market. We are accustomed to well built, Japanese and Korean SUVs and tend to buy (and re-buy: good resale) these cars, but now we have an American take on the genre.

So which is better? 5 seats in the Endura seems to hand overall usefulness to the Acadia. And maybe pricing falls Acadia's way too. Endura diesel and Acadia petrol V6. Will buying American end up a bit like buying Jeep (and there it is for the Pentastar trifecta...)? Will either of them exist in Australian RHD in a generation's time? As far as I can see, we have a point of difference, a bit of Americana, in our family car market with these two.
Which would you pick? Or would you pick Japanese or Korean?

I must compare with the Territory, for that is my frame of reference. Not one of the affordable medium family SUVs has the full time AWD (Suby does, with CVT) or ride/handling balance of the Territory, and I'll miss that. Of the two North American offerings, I quite like look of the Acadia... Of course, the Territory's successor lies somewhere near the Jag F-Pace, the BMW X5 and the Porsche SUVs, in terms of overall concept.

And the American SUVs I'd be very interested in are the Navigator, the Explorer and the new Expedition! In the meantime, in an SUV family car world, can the Endura and Acadia blaze a path to make American cars great in Australia again?