I just ordered 22 expedition timberland yesterday. I was considering between Z71 and timberland primarily, new sequoia is out of my choice after I saw the middle floor bump in second row, small third row space and weird rear trunk configuration. Here are reasons why I chose Timberland:
1. car seat friendly second row, it support tilt and slide so you don’t need to fold the second row to enter third. Z71 can only support complete fold.
2. Middle seat head rest in the middle of second and third row seat. I have two small kids so I will put two car seat in second row and either me or my wife can sit in the middle seat, having head rest is much safer.
All of these GM suvs don’t have it.
3. Adaptive cruise control. Z71 doesn’t support. My daily commute car is a Tesla and autopilot is great. I can’t drive a car that doesn’t even have ACC.
4. Higher safety score. Expedition is 5 star vs Tahoe which is 4 star.
5. Interior looks, I prefer timberland interior over Z71. I like GMC Denali interior but doesn’t like the exterior chromes, also I want to rugged look SUV.
5. No price mark up. Ford dealer said they can do x-plan price vs Chevy dealers have 10K markups in my area(Seattle).
I think I will miss the V8 (though timberland actually has more power) and magnetic damper(smoother ride?) but it’s ok..