The clincher for me is that I can fit my paddle board inside the Sedona, where I would be unable to do that with most SUVs. You can even have texts read to you via voice commands. The dual power sliding doors make dropping the kids off easy, even in a crowded parking lot. I can open and close it with the touch of a button even with two hands full of groceries. I have loved it! The power lift gate (only on certain packages) has made grocery shopping so easy. I ended up purchasing the 2015 because the price was right. I ended test driving 3 Sedonas and I loved all of them. After months a research, the choice was clear. A similar SUV with a similar price would be a minimum of 10 years old with over 100,000 miles, and still be more expensive than a 5 year old Kia Sedona with less than 60,000 miles on it. Going to those options were out of my price range. To approach the interior space of a minivan, you would have to go with the largest SUVs: Ford Expedition, Lincoln Navigator, Chevy Suburban, GMC Yukon. The SUVs listed above have significantly less room inside for hauling. The cost is also much more affordable compared to SUVs of a similar size. The Sedona also tests much more reliably than all the above mentioned models as well as Chrysler, Dodge, and Honda minivans per Consumer Reports. It starts with the standard Kia warranty 10 years/100,000 miles for the original owner (60,000 miles regardless of owner). The stylish Sedona, doesn't look like a minivan, and the luxury features make you forget you are driving a minivan. I always said I would never drive a minivan, but the Kia Sedona changed my mind. I have test driven GMC Acadia, Chevy Traverse, Ford Edge, Pontiac Montana, Buick Enclave, and 3 different Kia Sedona a 2016, 2015, and a 2018. I had a very reliable 2003 GMC Envoy XL which I had owned for 9 years. I went into my purchasing research looking for an SUV with third row seating. Oh, and speakers for the audio system are awesome! It also is great for hauling stuff with all the seats down/removed. It is great for camping if you take out the middle seats and fold down the rear seats, you can make it into a mini-campervan. I mainly drive around town with some brief highway driving and I usually get around 18 mpg. Don't even get me started on the windshield wiper situation. It's hard enough to get the heat or AC to the right temperature and coming out of the desired vents, there's no way I will be able to get the phone feature to work. I just gave up because I have zero patience with that kind of stuff. I also just tried pairing my cell phone with the Sedona's bluetooth so I would be able to use the hands-free phone calling feature, but it just kept telling me "pairing failed" over and over and I have no idea why. This is the only car I've owned where I had such a hard time using the dashboard controls. Maybe it's partly because I need reading glasses and I can't wear them while driving, but still. I dread having to put the defogger and defroster on because I have to wait until I'm at a stop light or someplace where I can take the time to figure out which buttons and dials to push and turn, find the symbols on dashboard, etc. They are not user friendly or intuitive (for the driver to understand). I bought the 2014 Kia Sedona used in 2018 and I pretty much love it except for the dashboard controls.
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