FA, glad to see you venture off the Rave Recording forum and spread your wings. I have a Chrysler Town & Country. I have and had replaced many factory systems but I like the Infinity system in this van. Like everyone else has mentioned everything is integrated, DVD, CD, Navigation, but the sound is satisfying. So I recommend the Chrysler higher level sound system, it's the best I've heard so far. I find all the Chevy systems I've heard lack midrange badly. The coolest upgrade for factory car stereos and won't mess anything up in a lease car is the Bazooka tube. It's a powered sub, plug and play. It is cylindrical though and is supposed to be strapped down in some installations so could cause cosmetic damage from screws. Now that I think about it, the power cord has to be ran as well, so make sure some one knows what they are doing when it's installed. I used one for a long time in a VW Golf.

My car before that was a Malibu and I took out everything and replaced it with a Sony ES head unit which went to a 4 channel Infinity amp driving 2-way Kappa components in the back, 6 1/2 and a 4x6 plate in the door. The sub out went to a Precision Power amp bridged mono driving a single 10" Infinity Perfect Sub in a sealed enclosure. This wasn't a system to be heard down the block but that sub hit like a sledge hammer. No flabby rumble here. I don't know if I'll go that elaborate again. Maybe if it was only my personal car and I spent a lot of time in it. I'd also have XM if I was in it enough.

I would vote for the Escape just because I know they make a hybrid.