hi I'm Dave Thomas with cars.com and this is a best-selling minivan in the
country the honda odyssey and this is a 2014 version that just came out and has
actually made some changes
makes you wonder if it's not broken why fix it so let's change what we call the
best family car last year
well there's some revised sign up front and in back but there's not an
automotive designer and earth is gonna fool anyone into thinking they're not
driving a minivan a six-speed transmission is now standard on all
models which improves mileage by 1 mpg in the city highway and combine there's
also a new dash layout and 4px trims and above you get this new touchscreen
console here which controls all your audio base models get some love too with
improved fabric on the seats of power passenger seat and stuff like Pandora
and Bluetooth standard for the one feature everyone is talking about is the
honda back
yep this minivan has a vacuum installed in the rear cargo area and actually
teamed up with shop back for it it works pretty well the hose reaches all the way
to the front
let's see it in action pretty simple to use simply hit the power button here
wait for the suction to build up a little and I can pretty much pick up
anything you throw at it
pretty impressive but what else is impressive is a price
it only comes on this top line 20 leaked the price on 45 thousand dollars that's
a lot of money to get a vacuum but maybe if you keep your car nice and clean it
will help with the resale value
so what hasn't changed for 2014 well it's still the best minivan on the
market back in 2011 we tested against the rest of the field and it won easily
and the competition has been updated much either the v6 has plenty of power
their drag racing at toyota sienna next you at the stoplight or passing on the
highway obviously cornering is not this mini vans or any minivans forte but the
odyssey is a great turning circle so it makes parking lot a lot less treacherous
but if you're considering a minivan
the seating is probably the most important thing to you the Odyssey has
seats in the second row that slide forward and back is pretty cool but the
best part is these outboard seats actually expand outward even a couple
more inches so your kids and those child seats or a little further apart from
each other
the third row also has to tether anchors so it is expanding third row you can fit
three child safety seats across here and two more in the third row for a total of
five then when you have all those kids safely tucked away in their seats got to
keep him quiet to check out this widescreen TV this 16.2 inch widescreen
can show one movie across the whole screen or splits into two show activity
on one side and something from your auxiliary input on the other but it's
only available on this touring elite model if you get any XL or regular
touring you can get a smaller version but Archer kids worth it when you do
move up to this bad boy the stereo watch go through 265 to 650 watts speakers go
from seven to 12 and it says 5.1 surround sound that means my little pony
will blow your kids away
after you got them all out of the car you can listen to something a little
more pleasing and soothing like heavy mouth
this tour elite model may seem crazy expensive but all minivans are more
expensive than your typical family car these days even based form now you could
save a little bit of money with the toyota sienna $YEAR or $YEAR nissan
quest but chrysler town and country is pretty much same price as the odyssey
and most trim levels they're all good minivans but none of them top the
odyssey especially this top version of it