Cars.com Ranks the Best Minivans in Ultimate Minivan Challenge

Cars.com, the premier online resource for buying, selling and now servicing cars, has teamed up with PBS’s “MotorWeek” to evaluate the current crop of minivans and determine which outperforms its competition. With the help of a real family in the market for a new minivan, Cars.com experts evaluated five of the most popular models: the 2015 Chrysler Town & Country, 2015 Dodge Grand Caravan, 2015 Honda Odyssey, 2015 Kia Sedona and 2015 Toyota Sienna. After extensive testing, the 2015 Kia Sedona earned first place.

“The all-new Kia Sedona is a champion of quality and refinement,” said Patrick Olsen, Cars.com editor-in-chief. “A great ride combined with a quiet cabin and numerous innovative features made the Sedona an obvious selection as the ultimate minivan.”

The tests resulted in the following ranking:

1.     2015 Kia Sedona

2.     2015 Toyota Sienna

3.     2015 Honda Odyssey

4.     2015 Dodge Grand Caravan

5.     2015 Chrysler Town & Country

“Minivans are among the most utilitarian vehicles sold today,” said Olsen. “It’s not uncommon for minivan shoppers to buy them fully loaded, so we tested the ‘ultimate’ minivans with a price cap of $50,000, allowing us to assess the current offerings in technology, features and drivetrains.”

The five minivans went through extensive testing that included:

• 135-mile course on varying road types to test each minivan for real-world MPG.
• Round-robin testing, where multiple experts drove each minivan back-to-back on the same course to test ride, handling, comfort, acceleration and more.
• Testing by a family in the market for a new minivan to evaluate features, cargo space, ride and more.

For full results and scoring details on the Ultimate Minivan Challenge, or any of the recent Cars.com multicar comparisons, visit www.cars.com/news.