Cruisin' with ChicDivaGeek..My week with the 2016 Kia Sedona SXL
Monday, March 21, 2016
Happy Monday!! So this past week I got to drive the 2016 Kia Sedona. Now let's just state the obvious first, I am a mom, and that is a minivan but by no means is this van frumpy nor did it make me feel like a soccer mom! It is over flowing with all types of cool features!
First thing I immediately noticed is that this van was my favorite color, blue, it's Midnight Sapphire to be exact. Who gets to name the colors for the cars, I need to know But moving right along, I went to open the trunk to and noticed the third row was still folded down so to complete the "soccer mom" effect I pulled it up and there was still a TON of trunk space. Now this is alot more vehicle than I am used to moving around in but I took to it immediately. Equipped with remote start, and power sliding doors, oh and did I mention the trunk is power operated too? So no heavy lifting when it came to the groceries or laundry.
When I picked my son up that afternoon, excited was an understatement. I think I was pretty excited to show off the remote sliding doors on it too. Then once he figured out that there was a TV and headphones in the back and the seats could recline...needless to say he was sold! Oh I almost forgot that this fully loaded van has dual sunroofs. But back to things that really get me excited, the on board tech! Because it's fully loaded it has Sirius XM, CD, MP3 capability so I could always find something to listen to. And when it came to putting it on the road (which is definitely what this vehicle was designed for) it had more than enough horsepower thanks to it's 3.3L V6 GDI (Gasoline Direct Engine). It also comes with the Lane Departure Warning System and cameras galore...which are apart of the Forward Collision Warning system and parking assist system. It's literally almost impossible to screw up parking this thing. I like to think I'm pretty good at parking but this van made it even easier.
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| Front Interior view of Kia Sedona SXL |
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| Second Row view w/reclined seat |
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| Parking assist cameras |
Every time I share one thing I love about the Sedona, I remember I forgot one! There are also fully functional plugs in this thing, so if you've got some work to get done on your laptop or charge your other portable devices. For all the bells and whistles it also doesn't skimp on a little bit of luxury, it had Nappa Leather trimmed seats and a leather wrapped wood-grain style steering wheel too.
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| Second row sunroof |
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| Exterior view |
I really wasn't happy to see this one go, I definitely had more space than I needed but my little family was very comfortable while we had it. Now because it was a van, with a V6 engine, the gas mileage wasn't the best (19mpg combined city/highway) but that's understandable, it didn't hurt that gas wasn't as high as it has been. The Kia Sedona SXL retails for $44,690 so you're going to spend a little but you will get quite a bit!
*Disclosure: The car was lent to me in exchange for my review, opinions are my own*
~ChicDivaGeek
*Disclosure: The car was lent to me in exchange for my review, opinions are my own*
~ChicDivaGeek
3 comments
I have 2 car seats installed that are a real pain to remove. I love the 7-seater option of this vehicle but am worried that I wont be able to access the back row with out going through the truck. Specifically, the grandparents will need to go through the truck if I can't collapse and slide the captain chairs. Do you think its possible to step over the arm rest of the middle row to get to the back? The 8-seater version has a removable center seat between 2 smaller captain chairs, which is great, but doesn't seem to come in leather. Thoughts?
ReplyDeleteThere is a decent amount of room between the captain's chairs but they also slide up so you can get behind them, not sure how well this would work with the car seats installed but the third row also has rooms for car seats as well, maybe putting the grandparents in the captain chairs may work better? I have an 11-year old that's almost my size so I didn't have to use that feature but I think there is plenty of room
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