Oh wow.
THAT is a loaded question.
Speaking strictly from my own POV.........I don't know that I would even buy a Murano in NYC.
I would consider a Pilot or a Highlander. Probably the 04 Highlander.
They both ride "better" than a Murano. That is, they are more compliant without being mushy. The Murano, even the SL is more toward the "sport" end of the spectrum.
But of course both would kill you with terminal boredom just from their shape alone.
So I guess I would buy an SL, and if I never left the city I would get a FWD (The city is very efficient in snow removeal MOST of the time) and if I did leave the city a lot in the winter, I would get an AWD because Jersey, CT and upstate can all be a disaster in the winter. Even the island can be very, very difficult.
Then I would pretend I didn't feel, or hear, the great crashes of metal all round me, as I sped across the poorly maintained intersections where there are three levels of pavement.
NYC.
As Frank said, when singing about the Murano.........New York, New York, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
Homer
(Oh. He wasn't singing about the Murano? Who knew?)