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Minivans are still hugely popular for families with more than 2 kids. They're cheap, reliable, and spacious. While you can fit 3+ car seats in a crossover/SUV,
by yurishimo 5y ago
Minivans are still hugely popular for families with more than 2 kids. They're cheap, reliable, and spacious. While you can fit 3+ car seats in a crossover/SUV, it's much easier to load/unload them in a minivan as an adult can easily maneuver around the interior of the vehicle and strap kids in quickly without contorting their body.
Price is also a huge factor. Minivans max out around $50-60k with all the bells and whistles. It's not uncommon for a smaller SUV or crossover to reach that amount, and larger SUVs can easily approach $70-80k, with luxury brands even crossing into six figure territory. I just went to Honda's website, and a 2022 Odyssey with all of the extra features is $50k. A Toyota SEQUOIA starts at $50,400. For comparison within the same brand, Toyota's minivan maxes out around $53k with Honda providing much more similarly priced Crossovers/SUVs at around $50k as well. The SEQUOIA SUV maxes out right at $70k.
- handrous 5y agoUnderrated feature of minivans that are standard there but occur on very few other vehicles: sliding rear doors. Your kids can't hit the car next to you in the parking lot, with a sliding door, but can still get out on their own.