We, also, chose the SE, mainly to save money. Don't care about leather or a bigger dash screen. The features on our other car, a Volt, that I miss most on the C-Max are the backup camera and the auto dimming mirrors. The only disappointment with our C-Max so far (we've owned it only three months) is the crumby turning radius. Not a horrible problem, and that's not much of a complaint, either. Generally, we're delighted with the car.