Honda Odyssey will shock minivan owners in 2011

WOW, NO THANKS
I'll take a Grand Caravan for $20,000

Pricing and trim levels will clear up closer to the when the 2011 Honda Odyssey hits dealerships this fall.
You knead a poof-reeder for the bove centsents.
We are honda lovers, and are looking for a van.
We hope the Odyssey doesn't have sext - to speech, as our interests in this matter is in the pasture

If Honda can make their minivans an AWD or with 4x4 capability, I'd continue leasing one. Have had my second Honda Odyssey since 2006 and still love driving it!

Has anyone else noticed how each successive year's minivans look less like vans and more like station wagons.

I had a van for a while, not a minivan, just an old Chevy van. I noticed something odd once when I parked it next to a minivan; my van was a good foot shorter than the 'mini'van.

They're all gas hogs. Maybe the car makers just tacked on the mini prefix to con people into thinking they were getting less of a gas hog.

Honda, Shmonda. Nothing out there has the reliability, style and history of the Chrysler product.

Still playing 'catch up' after over 25 years.

I have owned 7 .........all chryslers and no problems.

Stop buying imports and support your own economy!

"stop buying imports and support your own economy?"

There is a Honda plant in Alliston, ON. Toyota plants in Cambridge and Woodstock, ON. They employ thousands and pay them well. They didn't shut down, they didn't go bankrupt, and they also didn't screw Canadians out of borrowed money and stock that ends up being worth nothing. So who's supporting the economy?

Umm, the front is Honda, but the rear "lightning bolt" is lifted right off the new Hyundai Genesis, and the tail lights are from a Subaru. How is this a refreshing design?

Hondas can polish this turd up as much as they want, it's still a minivan. They're boring, they can't tow, they can't handle anything worse than gravel roads, they're too low to handle deep snow, and they're too soft to handle nicely.

i'll hang on to my old 03 Chevy Tahoe. Holds everything we need for our road trips and vacations with our two kids. Can handle deep snow. Can tow our trailer. Is roomy and comfortable. Has all wheel drive for reallybad days. Can venture off pavement if need be. Comfortable ride. bigger gas tank means less stops on a road trip. Can someone explain why the van is a better choice than an SUV?

And if people drag out the fuel economy arguement, then a van is not your best choice. Go look at a VW Golf wagon with the TDI. Or perhaps one of the dozen SUVs that get better fuel economy than any minivan out there.

I can't believe these things are still popular. Ford dumped theirs. GM dumped theirs. Nissan and Mazda got rid of their minivans. I think they had the right idea.

I own a 03 honda, it's got to be the worst piece of garbage I've ever owned, a real lemon. The only reason I haven't sent to scrap is that my wife likes it, but she's not the fixing it month after month after month.

Never again, never a Honda product, not even a lawnmower.

I hate Honda's

You owned 7 chryslers with no problems??????. You are either the biggest liar or have horse shoes you know where. The Chrysler Minivan was documented to be one of the worst buys ever. The quality and reliability were terrible. It is a known fact they used inferior parts in their transmissions. The Electronics would fail on a constant basis.
The last North American vehicle i ever purchased was NEW Chrysler Minivan for my wife. The key word being LAST. Chrysler laughed at me when the transmission failed 4,000ikm out of warranty.
We have only purchased Honda's and Mazda products since then.
I will never buy North American again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, I never said I ever owned any Chrysler minivans.

I just said that my 03 Honda is crap and that I really really really do hate Honda's.

Don't call me a liar.

I still hate Honda's

Joseph, you're words of wisdom although enlightning lacked a certain level of panache. I think it was the word "Got" that you used as a description of you're 2003 Honda vehicle.

If you had any tact you would realize the "Got" in the English lanuage is considered "Slang" the only time you can use "Got" in a phrase or sentence is if you "Got" laid. However, in you're case I'm sure that slim to none. Hence why not only does your wife like her "Honda", but she also loves mine!!!

Hey Johnny boy,

Please stop, you're making me cry, I can't take it anymore.

You want a little cheese with that whine ????

And I still hate Honda's

My VW eurovan crushes any domestic van.

7 Chryslers in 25 years is good? That makes sense because I think they will only last 3 or 4 years.
I have only owned Honda's in my last 25 years and no problems. BUT, only 2 of them.

Dear John,
If you are going to be correcting someone's spelling and grammatical errors, your post better be impeccable. You continually spell "your" incorrectly, you apparently have no idea what tact means, and your use of the word hence does not really make any sense.
Please John, for the sake of the your own name, work on your own spelling and grammar, and stop trying to use words such as panache, as it makes your sound pretentious.
Curt
P.S. Your = possesive, belonging to the person you are talking to
You're = abreviation, you are

I bought a new 2004 Honda Accord and 6 months later a 2005 Honda minivan..We really got screwed over those vehicles,both could not keep an automatic transmission,both started to shutter ect..,both were recalled major Honda/Acura problem,along with faulty timing belts and waterpumps..both failed 42,000k on car and 30,000 on van !! Unreal...

My wife was a Honda fan her first car was a 1995 Civic,that she later told me she had 3 head gaskets and 4 timing belts in 10 years of ownership and just 140,000 kms !!!I dont know why people say these Honda's are reliable,its not true.

Also the vans power window motors failed one at a time 6 months appart !! The final straw was in 2007 at only 56,000 the trans started to fail again !! Heck we owed alot on the van still,went to a Chrysler dealer,bought a cheaper Caravan s.e with a 3.3 and guess what ,80,000 km and nothing went wrong besides front rotors and brake pads !! Now we finally tradded in our Accord for a Chrysler 300 Limited 6 months ago and car is more reliable than the Accord,zero dealer stops so far except for free oil changes included in the extra warranty we purchased !!Oh yes the Accord needed another transmission and waterpump before we tradded it in !!

Chrysler hater,

The bad Chrysler minivans are the ones with the Mitshubishi 3.0...The 3.3,3.8 and 4.0 are solid vans,transmission life is better than a Honda or Toyota..look up the problems for Honda and Toyota vans..yikes...Toyota bad welds,rust,engine sludge ect,Honda bad transmissions,bad waterpumps and bad timing belts !!

The Dodge Caravan is rated the most reliable minivan,by J.D Power!!

I have owned over 20 Chrysler products and drive 65,000 km a year and they never once failed on me !! We currently have 8 Chrysler's 5 business and 3 personal and they dont have the problems you say they do !! Canadians are smarter than believing the b.s biased journelists write about them as Chrysler is Canada's second best selling Auto Company and the Caravan is the best selling mini-van !! My Dodge Ram never had an issue nor my wife's 2006 Dodge Charger and my 2009 Challenger SRT is perfect....My brother had a Honda Pilot and it was the biggest rolling disaster he ever owned !!

Honda cars are good, but still, no one beats TOYOTA! 2011 TOYOTA SIENNA BABY!

Thanks to this forum we all get feedback on various cars/minivans, models and makes. But as I recall hearing from a car analyst on TV not too long ago, if your vehicle is costing over $1,000 in repairs each year, it's time to replace it. Vehicles are, after all, a product of technology; and technology changes every 6 months. Once your vehicle leaves the dealership, they begin to depreciate with 'wear and tear', no matter what make, model, or year they were purchased.