I like minivans–my brother and I took the household ’04 Toyota Sienna with barely sufficient energy to make it up a mountain cross and loaded it to the gills for a two week mountain biking street and tenting journey via the Rockies. The factor was flawless and did nice on the various tough grime Forest Service entry roads. My scorching take is that SUVs are an train in vainness and objectively worse at many duties. 
I nonetheless suppose a Chrysler minivan is the only option. My brother has one; it is snug, fairly respectable to drive, and with the stow and go seats folded down they’ll maintain a formidable quantity of cargo. (he spent his profession as an engineer for Chrysler so he is had a complete succession of the issues. Means again when, he gave me a bit of tour of their engineering middle and I noticed their very first prototype minivan whereas it was being hand constructed within the lab. 
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Having stated that, final night time I noticed a brief video in regards to the Li Auto Mega electrical minivan from China. They are saying it goes 440 miles on a cost, may be recharged from 10% to 80% in 11 minutes, and makes 525hp. The inside seems fairly luxurious too, it is purported to be quieter than a Maybach inside. https://www.tiktok.com/@forrestsautoreviews/video/7486916809589919018
We’ve over 45,000 miles on a ’22 Kia Carnival. It has been a implausible car. Considering of getting one other. Does so many issues effectively.
We’ve the earlier gen, I might rock the present gen in a heartbeat.
I nonetheless stand by my overview of final yr’s mannequin:
We’ve virtually 90,000 miles on the 2016 Sedona (the earlier technology of the Carnival) that now we have owned since new. It has been an superior car for our giant household. I might love to switch it with a brand new Carnival, however a comparable van immediately would value virtually double what we paid a decade in the past. 
In reply to JG Pasterjak :
There’s actually nothing I might add to this thread that may outdue this.
nderwater stated:
We’ve virtually 90,000 miles on the 2016 Sedona (the earlier technology of the Carnival) that now we have owned since new. It has been an superior car for our giant household. I might love to switch it with a brand new Carnival, however a comparable van immediately would value virtually double what we paid a decade in the past.
I might have written this phrase for phrase. New 2016 Sedona. 90k miles on it proper now. Been an important experience. The rubber bits have began to require substitute – struts/mounts, engine mounts, and management arms. In any other case superior.
Sticker on the brand new van was $28k in 2016. The identical van in 2025 is pushing $50k. Who can afford that?
Moreover the grey that may date the automotive to the 2020s, I actually dig the aggressive seems of the Kia minivan.
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