Hoovey689

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Next Kia minivan expected to pull cues from KV7 concept

As we reported in May, the Kia Sedona minivan will skip the 2013 model year while its replacement is readied for market. A Kia spokesman tells Edmunds Inside Line that the company still considers the minivan segment important and that the current Sedona should continue to be available through 2012.

Though not confirmed, Inside Line expects the 2014 Sedona to take its overall minivan/crossover shape from Kia's KV7 concept car first seen at the 2011 North American International Auto Show. That backs up what we theorized last January in Detroit. Kia's VP of marketing hinted to us then that the KV7 wasn't purely a styling exercise and that could one day inspire a production vehicle. Don't, however, hold out for the concept's fantastical gullwing doors, swiveling seats, LED instrument panel or LED headlights.

"With the KV7 what we see coming eventually is materials on the vehicle that we'd like to see incorporated," Michael Sprague, Kia's marketing VP told us then. "Or getting a Kia that's Wi-Fi enabled, it's just a question of how soon."

Look for the new Sedona to bow sometime in 2013.

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Hoovey689

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Whatever the Sedona turns out to be, I expect it to be pretty competitive in it's class considering all the other major minivan players have recently released theirs

bitkahuna

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if it looks anything like that, it might be another in a styling trend of straight lines (with ford flex, and new range rover).

on the other hand, it looks like a bigger kia soul which could be a winner.