Great with a few annoyances
The 2025 Santa Cruz XRT is quiet and comfortable, with plenty of power and refinements. I love the smooth ride, gas mileage, and looks.
The shortcomings are incredibly annoying and dangerous interruptions while driving. The "Consider Taking a Break" alert comes on regularly and is distracting and unsafe. Also, The Speed Control get disabled if the steering column camera cannot see the driver's eyes. This is also dangerous as not only is it distracting, your speed will suddenly drop. Sunglasses can interfere with this as well as your hand placement on the wheel. These 2 things might have been a deal-breaker if I had known about them. They did not manifest themselves are the test drive.