18/07/2008 20:19. With a stronger engine, more features than ever and a roomier interior, today's Kia Sedona is a much-improved minivan compared with its first-generation model.

So, why isn't the second-generation Sedona -- with pleasing ride, attractive styling, comfortable seating for seven and top safety ratings -- selling as well as its predecessor?

Chalk it up to pricing changes, less than stellar reliability and quality ratings, consumer obsession with gasoline mileage and, of course, the lackluster image that all minivans bear as "mom-mobiles."

When the seven-passenger Sedona originally debuted in the 2002 model year, it had the lowest starting price of any V-6-powered minivan on the U.S. market.

Today, while the 2008 Sedona is offered in a downsized version with short wheelbase that starts... // Augusta Chronicle