I got a loaner Hornet GT, I was NOT impressed at all. It's nothing different/special than any other small SUV in terms of performance/ride, I prefer the RAV4 or CR-V in those terms. The interior was the biggest letdown to me. The screen is tiny and far away, pretty useless for the reverse camera, while that has to be taken with a grain of salt, since I'm used to my Durango, it felt like my Mom's 2018 Subaru Forester, just out of date already. The biggest thing that infuriated me was the turn signal! It isn't like the Durango, where if you activate it it stays in that position until you deactivate it or it clicks back to the center position. The Hornet's would return to the center position, so if you activated it for a lane change, the turn signal stays on and it's back in the center and you have to go the other direction to deactivate it. Granted, most of the population now doesn't use turn signals, so probably don't care, but for me, super annoying.
When I was replacing my old Durango, I did look at other vehicle options including the Grand Wagoneer, before getting the new Durango. For me, as soon as I sat in the Grand Wagoneer, it was a no. I'm 6'3", and I set the driver's seat to the lowest setting, and it just felt too high. I couldn't describe it until a friend asked it it felt like I was sitting on top of the vehicle because of the driver's position. I stopped checking it out just from that, so I can't provide any input beyond that I found the seat and positioning horrible.
