Yes, when I looked at minivans it seemed like the concept had lost its way. When they were popular in the 1980-90s it seemed they were bare bones and fairly aff

Yes, when I looked at minivans it seemed like the concept had lost its way. When they were popular in the 1980-90s it seemed they were bare bones and fairly affordable, and certainly the best way to cheaply move a lot of people. They'd turned into heavily featured family vehicles by the time I was shopping in the 2010s and their prices were so high I never even test drove one. The same sort of thing happened to trucks which turned into giant impractical luxury vehicles. I think with trucks it is worse though because minivans are actually sleeper cargo haulers where as a lot of trucks its pretend or for show.