As a current owner of a 2018 Mazda CX-9 GT I’m really interested in a Palisades.
Why? Because the CX-9 is a so-called “Driver’s Car”. What that means in real life is that Mazda apparently has no interest in "Level 2" advanced driver assist systems. In my understanding that means that the (Kia / Hyundai) vehicles will almost “drive themselves” for 30-40 second intervals on well marked highways, while Mazda's will not. (Not even the newer 2020 CX-9 can do this).
In other words Mazda’s do not have “Lane Centering” (Auto-steering for extended periods), while Palisades do.
I do understand that many owners may not be interested in these advanced driver assist systems, but for those of us that are interested and have researched, Kia / Hyundai are second only to Tesla. (Mazda and GM take up the rear).
As for “Auto-lock” in my Mazda, it (in theory) is great except that you cannot rely on it. Too often I have come back to my vehicle to find auto-lock failed (the vehicle is not locked)- (once again). So whenever someone leaves her purse (or whatever) in the vehicle, I always have to manually lock it, cause “Auto-lock” cannot be trusted.