Sentences with phrase «much as a minivan»

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If you can manage to hail down a minivan or sedan type taxi you will have a much easier time, as these vehicles are easy to install a car seat in and have much more room than a smaller, traditional taxi.

When it first unveiled the all - but - ready - for - production Pacifica to the media at last year's Detroit auto show, Chrysler boasted that, true to a legacy of advanced engineering and advanced marketing smarts, it was set once again to create a new vehicle segment — «sports tourers» — much as it had with its landmark minivans of 1984.

That means the 5 doesn't offer quite as much interior space or cargo room, both of which are prime reasons for buying a minivan.

Pricing is what I would look at as much as anything in this class, because we are still talking about minivans here.

2011's GT Concept, and 2014's Stinger concept, didn't do much to change my mind — those had to be examples of the old «we're not planning on building these, but look at them for hints as to where our minivan styling is headed!»

As much as we liked the Kia for its people / stuff - hauling capabilities, during our two months with the Sedona, the minivan coddled us with features and conveniences we would have expected from a full - size luxury sedaAs much as we liked the Kia for its people / stuff - hauling capabilities, during our two months with the Sedona, the minivan coddled us with features and conveniences we would have expected from a full - size luxury sedaas we liked the Kia for its people / stuff - hauling capabilities, during our two months with the Sedona, the minivan coddled us with features and conveniences we would have expected from a full - size luxury sedan.

Minivans are fine enough, but the hunt for the ideal family vehicle that offers as much...

Chrysler offers a choice of engines in its minivans: a 2.4 - liter four - cylinder and 3.0 -, 3.3 - or 3.8 - liter V - 6s, with as much as 166 horsepower and 227 pounds - feet of torque.

Still the gold standard of minivans, the Honda Odyssey is starting to feel some pressure from much - improved products such as the Toyota Sienna and Nissan Quest, not to mention solid entries from Chrysler, General Motors, Ford, Mazda, Kia and soon, Mercury.

And as much as we like our performance cars around these parts, nobody in the Autoweek office can dispute the handiness of a minivan.

It seems that minivans, like vinyl records, are making a comeback — there was a reported uptick in U.S. van sales last year by as much as 21 %, some of that attributed to the Pacifica's introduction.

It's not as much of a style statement as the two - door 500, but it's a lot more practical — and I imagine it'll be a lot more fun to own and drive in the long haul than a three - row minivan that almost never gets filled up with cargo or passengers.

Bob Lutz is right, there isn't much growth left in the full - size SUV market as people who have been buying them as minivan substitutes move over to crossovers or even — ACK!

We didn't expect Dodge / Fiat would be on our short list, but it drove much better than a Toyota LE, the 2011 update almost remakes the car (we drove a 2010 rental, and wouldn't have bought that), and we could get a Crew GC equipped exactly as we wanted for $ 3 - 9K less than less well - equipped competitors during the May minivan sale.

The Odyssey is considered the gold standard in minivans — in some markets, there remains a waiting list for them, and that is at or above sticker price — and Kia would very much like you to think of the Sedona as a less expensive alternative.

If you look closely pretty much everything between the A and D pillars is exactly the same as the Chrysler minivans.

For Canadians, however, the Grand Caravan isn't a minivan so much as it is the assumed mode of affordable family transportation in this country.

In a nutshell: GM's Dustbuster - shaped minivans, such as the Chevrolet Lumina APV, debuted in 1990, and failed in the marketplace, to be replaced for 1997 with much more conventional products such as the Chevrolet Venture, which ran all the way through the 2005 model year.

Much as the current Odyssey easily transcended the lackluster legacy of the small minivan it replaced, so the Pilot will have buyers forgetting the Isuzu - built Passport it replaces in Honda dealer showrooms.

More information about the 2015 GMC Yukon: The GMC Yukon exists primarily as a people carrier, albeit a much more rugged one than any of the minivans that litter the road.

As a mom of three children, this minivan was game changer and made car rides so much more enjoyable for our entire family.

And whether others poo - pooh its 12 - kWh battery, and wish it had at least as much as a 16 - kWh Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan, it otherwise is within ream of vehicles like the Ford Fusion Energi, C - Max Energi, Hyundai Sonata / Kia Optima cousins, Prius Prime, and others which have smaller batteries.

Much smaller than a minivan, the larger Fiat has twice as much cargo space as the regular Fiat once the rear seats come down, with 22 cubic feet compared toMuch smaller than a minivan, the larger Fiat has twice as much cargo space as the regular Fiat once the rear seats come down, with 22 cubic feet compared tomuch cargo space as the regular Fiat once the rear seats come down, with 22 cubic feet compared to 10.

That mechanical layout has much in common with the many minivans on the market, but VW is not going to pitch the EuroVan as a competitor to the Dodge Caravan / Plymouth Voyager, Toyota Previa, or other minivans.

The flip side to the MPV's nimble nature: not quite as much cabin space as some minivans.

Now the tire is on the other wheel: minivan sales have receded as parents flock to much cooler crossovers.

The GMC Yukon exists primarily as a people carrier, albeit a much more rugged one than any of the minivans that occupy the road..

My minivan is 10 years old and doesn't use as much gas.

Much has been written about the thought processes and vision behind such innovations in their respective days as tablet computers, social media sites, minivans / MPVs and hula hoops and how no focus group would have any part to play in their invention.