| 💺Seat material | H-Tex leatherette (synthetic) | Premium Nappa leather (real, quilted) ★ WINNER | ★ CNE wins - real leather |
| 💺Front seats | 8-way power driver + passenger, heated + ventilated; 2-way lumbar; no memory | 8-way power, heated + ventilated; 4-way lumbar, power thigh + bolster, Ergo Motion driver seat, driver memory ★ WINNER | ★ CNE wins - more adjustment + memory |
| 👥2nd-row seats | Captain's chairs - manual adjust; NOT heated, NOT ventilated | Captain's chairs - manual adjust but heated AND ventilated, wing-out headrests ★ WINNER | ★ CNE wins clearly - heated + ventilated |
| 👥3rd-row seats | 60/40 bench - manual recline, manual fold-flat; not heated | 60/40 bench - POWER recline, POWER fold-flat, heated ★ WINNER | ★ CNE wins - power + heated |
| ☀Sunroof | Conventional (single) sunroof | Wide dual sunroof with power sunshade ★ WINNER | ★ CNE wins - dual panel |
| 🖥Screens | 12.3-inch digital cluster + 12.3-inch touchscreen (newer panoramic housing, OTA updates) | 12.3-inch digital cluster + 12.3-inch touchscreen | − Same sizes - XRT Pro is the newer system |
| 📱Apple CarPlay / Android Auto | Wireless ★ WINNER | Wired (plug the phone in) | ★ XRT Pro wins - daily convenience |
| 🔋Wireless phone charger | Standard | Standard | − Even - both have a pad |
| 🔊Stereo | Bose 14-speaker premium audio (amp wattage not published) | Harman Kardon 12-speaker, 630-watt amp, QuantumLogic Surround + Clari-Fi | − Even - XRT Pro has 2 more speakers, CNE posts a 630W amp |
| 🚚Steering wheel | Heated; leatherette-wrapped; manual tilt/telescopic | Heated; leather-wrapped; manual tilt/telescopic ★ WINNER | ★ Both heated, NEITHER is power-adjust - CNE's is leather |
| 👁Head-up display | Not available | Full-color head-up display ★ WINNER | ★ CNE wins - XRT Pro has no HUD |
| 🛀Digital rearview mirror | Not available (auto-dimming mirror with HomeLink) | Full-display digital rearview mirror with HomeLink ★ WINNER | ★ CNE wins |
| 🔑Phone as key | Digital Key 2 Premium (UWB) - phone stays in your pocket ★ WINNER | Digital Key 2 Touch (NFC) - phone must touch the handle/pad | ★ XRT Pro wins clearly |
| 📹Blind-Spot View Monitor | Standard - live camera feed in the cluster with the turn signal | Standard - live camera feed in the cluster with the turn signal | − Even - both have the camera feed |
| 📹Surround View Monitor (360) | Standard | Standard | − Even |
| 🛣Highway Driving Assist | HDA (v1) | HDA 2 (adds assisted lane changes) ★ WINNER | ★ CNE wins - newer assist |
| 🅿Remote Smart Parking Assist | Not available | Standard (stand outside, move the car by key fob) ★ WINNER | ★ CNE wins |
| ☔Rain-sensing wipers | Not available | Standard ★ WINNER | ★ CNE wins |
| 🚫Acoustic glass | Windshield + front doors (rear doors are NOT acoustic) | Hydrophobic front + acoustic REAR side windows too ★ WINNER | ★ Small CNE advantage |
| 🔊Cabin noise at 70 mph | 67 dB - Car and Driver instrumented test (2026 XRT Pro) ★ WINNER | No CNE-specific instrumented number; same-generation 2023 Palisade measured 69 dB (C/D; that test car wore roof cross bars, which add wind noise) | ★ XRT Pro measured quieter |
| ⛏Tow / rough-road hardware | eLSD, tow hitch standard, recovery hooks, terrain modes, 18-inch all-terrain tires ★ WINNER | None of these - 20-inch all-season tires, hitch is an accessory, no eLSD | ★ XRT Pro wins - built to tow and rough it |