The all-new Kia Sedona is a great-looking minivan with a V6 engine
having the most power in the class, and a suspension that's second to
none. The interior is well thought out, with standard seven-passenger
seating, easily convertible to a carpeted cargo van, while providing an
abundance of storage compartments. The Sedona lacks nothing, except
all-wheel drive. It sends a clear signal that the Korean carmaker
intends to be a player, and it proves that Kia has the engineering
expertise to build excellent cars.

NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Sam Moses filed this report from San
Diego, California.

The Sportmatic manual mode in the transmission was a pleasure. We have
the feeling that drivers designed this new Sedona: Brits, in fact. We
downshifted for corners and manually upshifted, and the transmission
did exactly what we asked it do, and rarely any more. The lever fit
nicely in the heel of our hand.

Kia's aproach to designing the all-new Sedona, copying and bettering
the competition, is reflected by the interior. It's a cohesive
improvement of all that's out there.
Autos.com

With few exceptions, the new Sedona appears poised to tackle the best
minivans on the market through a compelling combination of safety,
utility, design, performance, and craftsmanship. Autobytel review

The all-new 2006 Kia Sedona can satisfy all of the regular
requirements, as can many other minivans. What sets the Sedona apart
from the herd is chassis dynamics. Its ride characteristics and
handling abilities are notably above the standards for the minivan
class. -Theautochannel.com

Interior and exterior fit and finish are first-rate. I had the
opportunity to ride in all three rows. There isn't a bad seat in the
house. The third row is not at all cramped and bouncy, and is perfectly
useable by real adults, not merely small children. The second-row seats
are equal to the front buckets in comfort.

With few exceptions, Kia has created a terrific family-mobile, and if
you're shopping for one of these incredibly useful machines, you must
test-drive the new 2006 Kia Sedona. Autoweb.com

You are spewing crap. Get Consumer Reports "New Car Buying Kit' and see for
yourself.


"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
oups.com...
MSRP $26,265
Invoice 24,370
Dealer Cost $23,659
- Dealer holdback 711
Adjusted Dealer Cost 22,948


There is no such thing as a fixed dealer cost due to incentives. Also
the price shown is for the base EX. We have the fully loaded version
with power package, RSE DVD Infinity stereo 7.1 system, luxury package
with leather and so on.

We paid below invoice of course!

http://autos.yahoo.com/newcars/kia_s...0F?source=nctd


RB
35s5
NY

You are spewing crap. Get Consumer Reports "New Car Buying Kit' and
see for
yourself.


CR has not done a full roadtest. In that issue they only have a capsule
review. You will note the links I provided that shows the Sedona
meeting to beating the Toyota and Honda's and being the best in crash
tests, handling, power....and so on.


RB
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
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Yep, we decided to buy a minivan so my wife could car-pool with other
nurses and I could also carry boat stuff more easily than our smaller
cars....The 2006 Kia Sedona is an all new minivan designed to go head

snipped boring drivel


(There are always a few) and how Kia service dealt with them here in
NY. This will be a great car for getting friends to the boat in one
shot.
Cheers!

Yawn. Bubbles has degenerated into an old blue-hair at the beauty parlor,
except that he yaks about his soccer-mom, kiddie transporter instead of his
chronic illnesses. Just shoot me.

Max

Just shoot me.



Who'd waste the bullet?



RB
35s5
NY

"Capt. Rob" wrote in message
oups.com...
Just shoot me.



Who'd waste the bullet?

I'll pay for it. In advance . . .

Max

I hafta give Nutsy credit; he really does drive this ng. We (Yes, I'm
obviously guilty, too.) are responding to a thread about his Kia
minivan!

Oy vey!

In the interest of full disclosure, I love minivans. I've been a
minivan guy since the 60's when I bought a VW microbus. [Side note: The
paperwork on that sucker labelled it a "station wagon." Interesting.] I
kept that as my utility vehicle into the 90s. Over its long lifespan,
it carried me and all my belongings from New Orleans to Seattle. Made
many long distance camping trips. Carried several of the 1984 Ultima
Thule Everest expedition members up into the mountains for practice
climbs. Numberless ski trips. (Yeah, that pathetic heater made those
kinda chilly!) Hauled tons of crap back and forth from the house to the
boat in an endless procession of trips. Etc.

In '96 we sent Ol' Paint to that big VW graveyard in the sky and bought
a pickup. (RIP, big fella!) Pickups are great vehicles. Really useful.
But they ain't microbuses, err, I mean, minivans. So in 2000, we sold
the pickup and bought a Honda Odyssey. It's the VW bus of the third
millennium. I love it. We've just turned 100K miles and it's ready for
its first tuneup. It's on its third set of tires and is ready for a
second brake job. Aside from that, we had to have 'em degunk one of
those emission control valves recently; but that's it. Half those 100K
miles were spent towing; so we haven't exactly been gentle with it.
Minivans rule! But Kia... ?

Welcome to the world of minivans, Rob! You *are* now officially a
soccer parent. Even if you do get Xzibit to pimp that ride, it's still
a minivan.

Frank

Frank wrote:

I hafta give Nutsy credit; he really does drive this ng. We (Yes, I'm
obviously guilty, too.) are responding to a thread about his Kia
minivan!


Why didn't you jump in on the thread about Scotty's toaster?

Oy vey!

In the interest of full disclosure, I love minivans. I've been a
minivan guy since the 60's when I bought a VW microbus. [Side note: The
paperwork on that sucker labelled it a "station wagon." Interesting.] I
kept that as my utility vehicle into the 90s. Over its long lifespan,
it carried me and all my belongings from New Orleans to Seattle. Made
many long distance camping trips. Carried several of the 1984 Ultima
Thule Everest expedition members up into the mountains for practice
climbs. Numberless ski trips. (Yeah, that pathetic heater made those
kinda chilly!) Hauled tons of crap back and forth from the house to the
boat in an endless procession of trips. Etc.


Cool vehicles, I've owned a series of Volkswagens including
the pickup version of the microbus. A Karmann Ghia too, but
that's a story for another day.


In '96 we sent Ol' Paint to that big VW graveyard in the sky and bought
a pickup. (RIP, big fella!) Pickups are great vehicles. Really useful.
But they ain't microbuses, err, I mean, minivans. So in 2000, we sold
the pickup and bought a Honda Odyssey. It's the VW bus of the third
millennium. I love it. We've just turned 100K miles and it's ready for
its first tuneup. It's on its third set of tires and is ready for a
second brake job. Aside from that, we had to have 'em degunk one of
those emission control valves recently; but that's it. Half those 100K
miles were spent towing; so we haven't exactly been gentle with it.
Minivans rule! But Kia... ?

Don't know enough about Kias to say, other than if Bubbles
gets one, it should be looked at with suspicion because he
is after all nuts. I'd go with Ol' Thom's minivan instead.

We're on our second minivan which is a '98 Ford Windstar
with towing package. Gets 25mpg on the hiway, about to turn
110k miles. It's basically used like a pickup truck most of
the time, all seats out & a layer of plywood with I/O carpet
tacked down inside. The dog rides inside with us and stuff
piled up in it doesn't get rained on or stolen. It's been an
excellent regatta wagon and boat-tower, also handy for
moving furniture once in a while. I still have the seats in
case we need to move people.

DSK

I hafta give Nutsy credit; he really does drive this ng.


Man, don't say that. It drives pinheads like Joe and Scotty out of
their macroscopic minds.

RB
35s5
NY