I would rate its turning radius as good. Much better than my Odyssey (traded in for Patriot) but not as good as my little saturn.

From edmunds:
Vehicle Patriot Escape RAV4 Ram1500 HHR
Turning Circle 35.6 ft. 35.4 ft. 34.8 ft. 42.5 ft. 36 ft.

 

Sorry, this is cleaner (makes me wonder if we can do html tables in here, will try that next time..)

Patriot
35.6 ft.

Escape
35.4 ft.

RAV4
34.8 ft.

Ram Pickup 1500
42.5 ft.

HHR
36 ft.

 

Much better than our Nissan Frontier. Our Nissan we say it turns like a tank. With the Patriot when I get home I can make a U-turn if I plan it right, go into the neighobors drive a little and whip it around. Compared to our Nissan you can't even come close. (Live on a dead end street). It is better....

 

excellent,it turns on a penny

 

Thanks for the input.
Newjeepgirl's post shows how bad my truck turned, but since it was a truck I just ran over curbs with it when doing a u-turn.

 

I have to laugh at that, my dad does that all the time in his truck. Were were stuck in a drive thru and the lady infront of us would not go park where they told her too (her order was wrong) and we had our food, my dad makes a right hand turn up over the curb and the grass to get out. The boy in the drive thru window was so shocked to see that.

As far as the turning radius I think it turns really well, my boyfriend has an srt4 and it turns around much better than his car, we did circles in a parking lot last night. I thought it was going to be hard to park, we have compact parking at work and I did not have a problem with it.

 

I wouldn't expect it to turn on a dime like a little sedan, but considering the length, it seems to maneuver well in tight spots.

 

I was just thinking, it is easier to park than our Nissan Frontier. I'm still getting use to how well it turns when I park. I sometimes turn like I'm in the Nissan. I know within another week or so I'll finally get use to how well it handles. Like I said earlier I can do a Uturn on the street if the one neighbor isn't parked in his driveway.