Remember the "old" days when a van looked like a van? Short nose and that giveaway back sliding door.
Was there a husband anywhere and maybe a few wives, who really liked owning a minivan? I had one client who loved hers, but most folks lived for the day when they could say good-bye to to this most practical of vehicles and get an suv.
Well, folks, Kia felt your pain and their answer is mere weeks or months away.........
I can hear you now. Nice pic, Barry, but that's an suv, not a van. Maybe even a baby Telluride. Look at the suv front end. Look at those lines. That, you say, is definitely an suv. And you are all so wrong. The tell tail van trademark is the sliding back door. See? No friendo, those are not suicide doors.
This folks is the all new Kia Sedona, renamed Carnival for 2022 (like I said, all new). Graduating from a van look-a-like to a crazily popular suv look-a-like. What soccer mom or dad wouldn't be thrilled to be cruising the hood in this ride?
Looking for all the world like one of the new full size GM's or the Ford/Lincoln twins. And looking great. My next ride will be an suv (bad knees!), but seeing this new Carnival I began to think,"What if?". Room for our golf clubs and carts, and the two cats. Nothing could be finer.
Except and there is that big except, it is a van and I know it. Head up my you know where? Maybe.
An interior looking like it was lifted from the local big shot's limo.......
Downside? Can't think of one, so maybe I'll think outside the box for a (welcome) change.
No matter. Kia has nailed it with this new creation, whatever you want to call it. Price it against the perennial fave, the Odyssey and make Honda wish they had thought outside of that same old box. Mark this date down in your calendar. This is the date I'm telling anyone who'll listen, that Kia has a game changer. They've breathed new life into a stale market segment.
Bets to see if I'm right? Send your money to me, where it will be safe.
Until next time.......
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