They do look like great bikes. However, I am little torn over how much I would actually use it’s improved xc cababilities, as I mainly do DH these days. In which case I may as well try and make my SX Trail a little more trail friendly.
I have some Conti Rubber Queens I could stick on, which are pretty light, and I fancy a dropper seatpost of some description too.
The forks on mine are coil DH Lyriks (170) but to replace them with something light enough to make a significant difference I’d have to go silly money for some BOS forks.
I have ridden my SX Trail around the Surrey Hills, in it’s current guise, and it pedals very well. It is only really the weight that holds it back.