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Kia Sedona Fans, Your Hour Has Come At Last
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Jack Baruth
(IC: employee)
Published: April 3rd, 2014
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The old Sedona amazed customers with its near-perfect imitation of the unloved Ford “Freestar” catastrophe-van. The new one is, it is to be hoped, considerably better. Industry gossip calls for a 3.3L V6.
Jack Baruth
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Published April 3rd, 2014 3:15 PM
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No love on here for the Hyundai Entourage? I thought the grille looked better than the Kia's and "Entourage" was the greatest minivan name ever.
It's like Christopher Walken strode into the design studio and exclaimed: ""I got a fever, and the only prescription is more Sorento styling cues!"
Jack's Freestar comparison rings true for me. I rented a Sedona for a week, and it totally reminded me of our old Windstar, and the Freestar we test drove to replace it. (Didn't buy the Freestar, hated the interior) At any rate we quite liked the Sedona, although it reminded us of the Freestar we liked it more and might have bought one except my FIL sells Fords and that would have caused a politial issue. And yeah, yeah minivan haters gonna hate, but it's a job that has to get done and minivans do the job.
I'm in the target market for this vehicle. I think. Just recently had my first child. I'm likely a few years away from my next car purchase, but when it comes it will need to be a vehicle with more space and utility. I'm not entirely sure I agree with the comments that there's no more room in the minivan space. Maybe. But looking around VERY casually, I don't see a lot of choices for me. I want something that seats 6+ people, and is value-priced. My first choice is the Mazda5, but it's rather small and the drivetrain is long in the tooth. Word on future updates is not good. Dodge has attractive starting pricing, but those reliability stats scare me. Honda and Toyota seem to act as if their minivans are made of solid gold. I can't get past the sticker shock. If this Sedona is priced well, I could potentially buy it. That 10-year warranty helps ameliorate a lot of reliability concerns. But if it creeps up much in price over the current model, forget it.