Drive: 2015 Kia Sedona Review - TractionLife.com (press release) (blog)
When your high-schooler graduates, you can save cash by offering to be the limo driver. Beyond these obvious money-saving opportunities, the SXL+ also comes with ventilated front seats, voice-activated navigation, 360-degree parking camera system, lane departure warning, and front collision warning. Also making an appearance are tri-zone automatic climate control and heated steering wheel, both of which are also standard in SX and SXL trims. Beyond the powertrain, the Sedona’s drive is predictably unexciting. The steering is light and delivers little feel (the SX’s drive mode select variable assist system is a useless gimmick), and a ride biased toward comfort makes for relaxed handling. Among the Sedona’s competitors, Honda’s Odyssey and the Toyota Sienna feel more buttoned-down on rough pavement, but drivers largely unconcerned with driving dynamics will find lots to like in the Kia’s comfortable front seats , which are finished... Those fancy second-row seats offer all kinds of adjustments, including side-to-side movement to allow either easy passage through the middle, or enough space for slim and/or agile passengers to move between seat and door opening to get to the... As in most minivans, you have to remove the second-row seats if you need them out of the way, and they’re heavy things if you’re doing the job on your own. Source: www.tractionlife.com
