What vehicles have really good AC?

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What vehicles out there that have the best AC? Gets the interior cold enough the windows fog up.
 
My wife's '14 Fusion typically makes me turn the fan down to the lowest speed after 1+ hour of driving. I'll have goosebumps.
 
Every Ford that I have ever had can turn the cabin into a meat locker.
Hondas that I have owned, not so much.
 
IME, Ford products 🥶
My Villager/Taurus /Escort with the FS10/FX15 compressors cool down fast, and stay cold 🧊
My daily driver Camry is good, just a little off the pace of Ford's
I've been less satisfied with GM HVAC, in 20+ years of grandma leasing Cadillacs (Northstar DeVille/DTS, LFX SRX/XT5), she still rates the Villager highly all these years later
The current 1234yf XT4 is an improvement in fairness
Even worse is the FCA era MK74 2.4/CVT Patriot's we have at work, they're just okay
I've been consistently unhappy with Honda/Acura HVAC systems
Hyundai/KIAs YF era variable rate compressor has proven extremely unreliable in my area, not sure why

Now everyone has different usage cases and climates
Mine is usually in low speed stop and go, in an urban heat Island
95°+ with 75% + humidity is a sticky hell
My weight is way on the wrong side of two hundred and too many lbs, and I have to walk around all day in long cargo pants with long sleeves, add a hat and hi vis vest 🦺
Getting into a sun baked vehicle with a dark colored interior, oh and for extra fun tint is illegal here
The difference between 48° and 38° out the vents is immeasurable
 
Gen IV town and country. Had the same btu as like a 1200 sq. Ft. apartment.

my f150 AC is deceiving. It is AWESOME as long as you let it continuously default back to recirc. When the recirc servo died, southern humidity would absolutely overpower it where it wasn’t effective if temps were above 78F or so.

one of the worst. 1984 VW vanagon. Actually that’s not being fair. It was quite capable of freezing you out and hanging meat, after 45 minutes. I mean, it was a large minivan with a massive greenhouse and what, 65hp? They get style points for doing what they could.
 
2001 and 2005 Toyota Camrys I owned had the coldest air. Never serviced either system except cabin filters for several hundred thousand miles. Extremely hot and humid Alabama and Florida weather.
 
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