Doing Some Minivan Homework

Honda Odyssey for your time.

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My wife recently used the word “minivan” in conversation and it was not preceded by “I don’t want to drive a,” so we are going to be shopping soon.

All I know for starters is that the usual suspects for top marks are the Odyssey and Sienna, with some fans of the more recent Pacifica. Each make seems to have some kind of seat trick to differentiate it, but apart from that things look very close on paper. I would estimate we’re going to be looking at around 2010 - 2016 models. What are things to avoid or seek out?