Almost the same story...I drove a rental Impala from Arlington, VA to north Alabama and back over a five-day period. The interior noise was ridiculous and there’s a stretch up in VA where the interstate is awful bad (I had to pull over every forty miles to stretch).
My impression is that they did very little testing and research...just make something and dump it on the market.
My wife went out and did a lot of research about ten years ago...to buy an Audi TT (way more than I would buy), but they built this with a ton of sound proofing within the car and it’s absolutely quiet. Road handling is a pleasure with no back pain after a five-hour drive. You may end up paying more but it’s better than feeling miserable about your car for six to eight years.
My sister started out with a Honda Accord and loved it in high school and college, then to an Altima which she drove into the ground. Got married and bought a couple of Expeditions they drove into the ground, then the fun began. She bought a BMW sedan, liked it but not loved it and gave it to her daughter eventually. Her last Expedition was dying and she gave a GMC Denali a try, electrical issues from day one for a brand new vehicle and it had to go.
Then she stared doing research and test driving, a lot of vehicles. She wanted a crossover SUV and drove BMW, Lexus, Infinity, Accura, Mercedes and landed on an Audi SUV, says it is the best vehicle she has ever owned.