what does the Elite have...

[Markjay]

I had a W reg CDX which I replaced with a 52 Elite.

Extras to the CDX in the Elite were:-

leather, elec mem seats, auto dimming rear view mirror, bigger and prettier alloys, bose stereo, sat nav stereo, auto levelling suspension, heated rear seats and rear spoiler.

Rear electric blinds are standard on Elites but were removed on 52 plate onwards!

Just for the record, AFAIK cruise was standard on CDX facelifts...

Also, SatNav as standard came and went on Elites... late pre-facelift had the Carin as standard, early facelifts had no SatNav at all as standard, and I think they re-introduced it in later facelifts... just to say don't assume an Elites will always have SatNav. And the colour one was always optional. On another note, leather came standard on 3.0/3.2 Elites (though not on lesser facelift Elites), but you could have the without it if you wanted to - so some flagships Elites have no leather...