2015 Kia Sedona - Review

PRICE : Sedona L 3.3L GDI V6 - 6 A/T $25,900

PRICE : Sedona LX 3.3L GDI V6 - 6 A/T $28,100

PRICE : Sedona EX 3.3L GDI V6 - 6 A/T $32,100

PRICE : Sedona SX 3.3L GDI V6 - 6 A/T $36,100

PRICE : Sedona SX Limited 3.3L GDI V6 - 6 A/T $39,700

The minivan segment has been dominated for years yesteryear Chrysler, Honda together with Toyota, but the all-new 2015 Kia Sedona is out to crash the party. Replacing the functional but forgettable second-generation Sedona, the redesigned 2015 model wears crisp, muscular canvass metallic that Kia says is crossover-inspired, accented yesteryear a prominent grille with the company's trademark style. Inside, the crossover subject continues with a driving surroundings that resembles a cockpit, including a prominent console betwixt the forepart seats -- unique amongst minivans -- where the shift lever resides. Throw inwards competitive versatility together with Kia's value-oriented pricing, together with you've got a compelling novel alternative that deserves unopen consideration amongst the commons suspects.

Despite the 2015 Sedona's dramatically different appearance, this isn't the sort of revolutionary production that we've come upwards to expression from Kia inwards recent years. But that's non necessarily a bad thing. Chances are, you're non looking for a revolution: precisely sliding doors, spaciousness, flexible seating options, plenty of security together with up-to-date equipment, all of which the novel Sedona provides. The crossover blueprint cues are where the Sedona goes a stair further. Kia knows a lot of buyers skip over minivans because three-row crossovers precisely expression together with experience cooler, together with so the 2015 Sedona is a novel travail to encounter them halfway. If you're sensitive to the stigma associated with diaper-toting minivan ownership, possibly this Kia volition brand you lot recollect twice.

At heart, of course, the Sedona is equally much of a box on wheels equally the adjacent minivan. But some nifty features prevarication within, including the SX-L model's fixed lounge-style second-row seats with generous slide-and-recline adjustments, lateral sliding functionality together with extendable leg rests. In all other trims, the second-row seats collapse upright behind the forepart row to facilitate cargo-carrying, an interesting solution that eliminates the mutual minivan chore of removing those heavy chairs. On the other hand, maximum cargo capacity suffers equally a result, leaving the Sedona marginally behind its main rivals (and woefully together with so inwards SX-L trim).

Those rivals are well-established, starting with the 2015 Honda Odyssey, which wins inwards fuel economic scheme together with route handling, but carries a steeper price. The refreshed 2015 Toyota Sienna runs cervix together with cervix with the Odyssey inwards most respects, but the Sedona is over again probable to move the meliorate value. Although the 2015 Chrysler Town & Country's Stow 'n Go seats are the slickest inwards the business, the van's overall interior character pales inwards comparing to the Kia's. Dark-horse candidates include the Nissan Quest (if cargo infinite isn't a high priority) together with the 2015 Mazda v (if a smaller minivan would serve you lot better).

So where does that move out the 2015 Kia Sedona? Right inwards the thick of things, we'd say. Although it doesn't notably heighten the bar, the Sedona possesses many strengths that arrive a must-drive if you're shopping inwards this segment.

EXTERIOR

Now this is to a greater extent than similar it, Kia. The 2015 Sedona straightaway looks similar a proper Kia, consummate with the company’s straightaway famous ‘tiger-nose’ grille. Notice also how the overall shape of the forepart department has changed from the 2013 model with the novel Sedona sporting a to a greater extent than balanced expression that includes a to a greater extent than horizontal hood that doesn’t drib together with so steeply to the ground, so creating a higher belt line for the minivan. Newly designed headlamps with LEDs on them also add together to the sportier appearance together with the lower bumper configuration gets a specially overnice clap from us, largely because it’s far to a greater extent than pronounced together with inwards line with the overall novel expression of the forepart section.

At the back, foursquare haunches take hold been adopted to send a to a greater extent than muscular appearance together with let’s non precisely forget close that novel raise spoiler together with those LED tailights, both of which are straightaway criterion on the Korean minivan.

Overall, it’s a sudden novel expression that deserves a lot of praise. Well done on this one, boys.

INTERIOR

Despite its overall width together with summit remaining virtually unchanged, the all-new Sedona provides to a greater extent than forepart shoulder room, greater leg room inwards the front, 2d together with tertiary rows, equally good equally a slightly higher hip-point, improving outward visibility for the driver. The horizontal blueprint cues across the musical instrument panel create a greater sense of width, together with the generous usage of soft-touch materials adds to the all-new Sedona's premium ambiance. The Sedona's proportions render flexible seating inwards both seven- together with eight-passenger configurations together with a multitude of storage options. The forepart centre console is unique to the segment together with allows for generous together with cleverly convenient storage infinite betwixt the forepart seats. Second row Slide-n-Stow tracked seating slides together with folds upright to allow for "on-the-go" cargo hauling acre eliminating the hassle that comes with removing heavy together with cumbersome middle seats. The all-new Sedona also offers the selection of 2d row "First Class" lounge seating that tin sack move positioned rearward for astonishing legroom together with provides retractable lower leg rests. And acre some configurations characteristic segment-unique second-row spot cushion heaters for added comfort, all 2015 Sedona models offering a third-row that provides the convenience of a dissever folding 60/40 in-floor retractable design.

The Sedona also is the only vehicle inwards the segment outfitted with criterion YES Essentials™ textile technology to render anti-microbial protection from spills, anti-static protection from irritating electrical shocks equally good equally stain-repelling together with stain-releasing textile characteristics appreciated yesteryear anyone who leads an active lifestyle.

The Sedona's sophisticated interior blueprint subject is brought to life with a modern color palette featuring venture or two-tone color options inwards beige, gray together with burgundy for a warm together with inviting atmosphere. The top-line SXL cut back features criterion ultra-soft Nappa leather seating surfaces throughout the cabin, the same Chromium-free leather found inwards the K900 luxury sedan.

SPECIFICATION

►Year:2015
►Make:Kia
►Model:Sedona
►Price:$ 25900
►Engine:V6
►0-60 time:8 sec. (Est.)
►Top Speed:110 mph (Est.)

FEATURES

►FIRST-CLASS LOUNGE SEATING :

Available on the Sedona SX Limited models, these 2nd-row captain's chairs recline inside close 25 degrees of horizontal, together with the vertical sections below the spot cushions extend to move footrests. Behaving really much similar First Class airline accommodations, the seats are aptly named.

►SLIDE-N-STOW SEATS :

The novel Sedona's solution for achieving maximum cargo book with a apartment flooring is track-mounted middle row seats that crimp upwards together with slide frontwards to stack against the forepart row. Third-row seats crimp below flooring bird to create a substantial cargo hold.

COMFORT & QUALITY

The wheelbase of the Sedona is upwards nearly a brace of inches compared to the previous version, but inwards overall length together with cabin dimensions it's straightaway inside a few inches inwards overall length of its master copy rivals.

By the numbers, that makes it 201.4 inches long, with a 120.5-inch wheelbase. Total book behind the forepart seats is 142 cubic feet, or 78.4 cubes behind the 2d row together with 33.9 cubes behind the third-row seat. H5N1 Honda Odyssey, for comparison's sake, is 202.9 inches long on a 118.1-inch wheelbase, with 148.5, 93.1, or 38.4 cubic feet of infinite behind its seating rows.

On our personal usability scale, it's inwards a tier inwards a higher identify the smaller together with narrower Mazda v together with Nissan Quest, roughly on par with the Honda Odyssey together with Toyota Sienna, together with non quite equally all-around flexible equally the Chrysler Town & Country together with Dodge Grand Caravan, which take hold our dearest stow-away second-row seats.

The Sedona offers seating for upwards to eight, equally good the variety of versatility that ever seems to move at its best inwards minivans. Kia has raised the seating put of the driver's spot somewhat for meliorate visibility, together with though the higher dash slims the thought outward a little, the forepart seats seem similar they could soothe adult bodies on a cross-country identify unit of measurement vacation.

In the 2d row, Kia tries to take hold it both ways. It doesn't tuck away its seats similar the Chrysler vans--a characteristic nosotros believe actually maximizes the utility of a vehicle meant to move a do-it-all. However, on most versions, the Sedona has what's called Slide-n-Stow, an scheme that tin sack slide middle-row seats frontwards together with flip upwards their bottom cushions, compacting the spot vertically inwards a infinite really unopen to the forepart seats. It leaves behind a low, bird flooring without the demand to withdraw the seats, though there's non the internal length to practise some of the things Chrysler's vans tin sack do--haul a full-size sofa with the tailgate closed, for example. H5N1 4X8 canvass of plywood volition jibe inwards back, but only if it's loaded at an angle over the tipped-forward second-row seats.

On the top Sedona SX-L, Kia rips out those non-removable sliding seats together with installs so-called 'first-class' lounge seating with retractable lower leg rests together with headrests with winglets. These seats tin sack also movement a express amount side to side, to brand a wider path from the forepart to the rearmost seats, but they also can't move removed. Kia thinks it's an acceptable trade-off together with distinct plenty from the Japanese minivan offerings, which don't take hold whatever tuck feature, either. The Sedona's exposed spot tracks are opened upwards to attracting a lot of gunk, but they're broad plenty to move cleaned easily.

As for the tertiary row, it's small, together with non suitable for teenagers or adults, different the Sienna together with Odyssey dorsum seats. Headroom is shy together with the entry infinite is barely a human foot wide, fifty-fifty with the sliding seats moved forward. The third-row spot does dissever 60/40 together with folds apartment correct into the floor.

Elsewhere inwards the Sedona, storage is pretty vast. There's a huge, deep forepart centre console together with several usable storage bins approximately the doors together with dash. Top-end Sedonas take hold a sliding armrest on the console together with a tiered tray. USB together with charging points are easily accessible, together with some models offering high-powered USB ports together with 115-volt outlets for charging on the go.

In outgoing versions of the Sedona, refinement was somewhat behind the curve; Kia straightaway describes the Sedona equally the quietest inwards its segment, with all sorts of novel measures similar wheel-house padding, double-sealed sliding doors, together with novel engine-compartment audio deadening. In the vehicles nosotros drove, all SX Limited models, the Sedona was exceptionally quiet, with a substantial experience you lot precisely don't larn inwards a Chrysler van. It's tasteful at this $42,000 level, but nosotros haven't nonetheless seen i with the base of operations cloth or Yes! Essentials spill-proof interior trim.

DRIVETRAIN

Acceleration from the 2015 Sedona's V6 engine is confident together with refined, together with the six-speed automatic transmission shifts promptly together with unobtrusively. The selectable drive modes (Normal, Comfort together with Eco) provided inwards the SX together with SX-L afford driver command over transmission together with steering calibration, but the differences are slight.

Among minivans, the Sedona is exceptionally quiet, equally engine, route together with air current dissonance are all held to reasonable levels. The ride character is agreeable on most surfaces, though the SX-L's 19-inch wheels tin sack brand bumps a combat to a greater extent than brilliant than they demand to be. Around turns, the Sedona acquits itself good for a large people hauler. There's zero specially memorable close driving Kia's latest minivan, but that approachable grapheme should endear it to potential buyers.

PERFORMANCE

Performance is hardly a ingredient for minivan shoppers, together with the 2015 Kia Sedona does a fine project of keeping performance inside the commons bandwidth. In its unmarried drivetrain combination, it delivers moderate but polish power, a generally calm ride, together with responsible treatment that clears all the basic minivan hurdles without attempting anything also challenging.

The Sedona shares the 3.3-liter V-6 found inwards Kia's Cadenza sedan together with inwards the Sorento crossover. It makes 276 fuss-free horsepower together with 248 pound-feet of torque, together with has a nicely rounded engine banker's complaint equally it winds through its powerband together with through lots of layers of audio deadening.

The powertrain is saddled with a lot of curb weight, though--the Sedona weighs 4,414 pounds inwards base of operations trim, together with upwards to 4,720 pounds inwards loaded models. Compared to a Honda Odyssey minivan, it's upwards on horsepower, close fifty-fifty on torque together with weight, together with unremarkable inwards its moderate acceleration.

Power is delivered to the forepart wheels through via a six-speed automatic transmission. The Sedona tin sack tow upwards to 3,500 pounds, but a total rider charge together with a trailer volition convey patience.

The Sedona rides on a basic strut respite blueprint inwards forepart together with multi-link rear, with novel bushings at the raise crossmembers together with meliorate isolation at the raise respite for a meliorate ride. In tuning, the Sedona feels similar heavier Chrysler minivan inwards ways, with some pocket-sized milk shiver inwards the steering column together with a generally well-damped ride that tin sack larn bouncy equally it encounters rhythmically placed bumps. It's nearly wander-free on the interstates nosotros drove, but force it briskly inwards corners together with the Sedona's weight together with respite failsafe into minivan mode, tires lodging lots of complaints, precisely similar your passengers will.

Only the top versions volition take hold electrical might steering, but unfortunately that's the only version we've driven to date. It's fairly fast off-center similar the Chryslers, with plenty weight added inwards to hold the Sedona tracking truthful on highway slogs.

Kia fits ventilated discs inwards front, venture discs inwards back. Base models larn 17-inch steel wheels, but nicer wheels on nicer cut back levels hit from 17-inchers to 19-inchers, which didn't seem to ruffle the SX Limited's ride at all.

ENGINE

As inwards previous generations, the novel Sedona is express to i engine, i transmission, together with front-wheel drive. However, the engine together with transmission are both new, though non novel to Kia's powertrain inventory. The engine, a 3.3-liter V6 with straight fuel injection, is shared with the Kia Cadenza sedan together with Sorento SUV. It replaces the previous port-injection 3.5-liter V-6 together with raises peak horsepower yesteryear 32, to 276 at 6,000 rpm. H5N1 6-speed automatic transmission replaces the previous 5-speed. EPA fuel economic scheme ratings are eighteen mpg inwards the city, 24 mpg on the highway.

►3.3-liter V6
276 horsepower @ 6,000 rpm
248 lb-ft of torque @ 5,200 rpm
EPA city/highway fuel economy: 18/24 mpg

SAFETY

All Sedonas come upwards criterion with dual forepart airbags, dual forepart spot airbags, full-length side drape airbags, rollover mitigation, 3-point seatbelts for all positions (including both raise centre seats), forepart seatbelt pre-tensioners, electronic stability control, traction control, 4-wheel disc brakes with ABS, cornering brake control, electronic brake-force distribution, brake assist, loma start assist, tire pressure level monitoring, LATCH points together with raise child-safety door locks.

Only advanced smart cruise control, frontwards collision alert together with lane divergence alert are optional, together with entirely available on Limited models with the Limited Technology Package.

FUEL ECONOMY

All Kia Sedona minivans are equipped with the same powertrain, but fuel economic scheme tin sack vary depending on the model.

How's that again?

There's i cardinal difference that separates most Sedonas from the top SX together with SX Limited trims: electrical might steering. On the models equipped with throwback hydraulic-boosted might steering, gas mileage is rated yesteryear the EPA at eighteen miles per gallon city, 24 mpg highway, together with xx mpg combined.

Electric steering helps the Sedona SX upwards to 18/25 mpg, or 21 mpg combined. But opt into the SX Limited together with it falls to 17/22 mpg, or nineteen mpg combined, inwards spite of the to a greater extent than efficient steering. That's because the SX Limited has lots of criterion features non found on other models--lounge-style second-row seats together with a panoramic sunroof--that add together weight to its bottom line.