The Honda Odyssey is a great car if you have children or need to haul a lot of things. Get the leather interior, it is worth it for the ease of cleaning up spills. The middle seat in the second row folds down for a cup holder or eating location, it also easily comes out if you would like to have the middle be easily accessible to the back row which is great if you have car seats or booster seats. The ability to fold down the rear bench is fantastic for having open space to transport larger items. The trunk is deceivingly large as it goes deep in and you can haul all sorts of stuff including full size coolers and strollers and any other gear for your children. The automatically opening doors on the rear are fantastic to have your children easily get in and buckled while you are catching up or loading up the trunk, it also makes school drop off a breeze. The space between the front seats could be designed better, we basically leave the tray up and stick stuff underneath it. Otherwise if you fold it down it takes up nearly half of the available space and it does not easily come out of the space.

I love my Honda Odyssey. Even though I have the basic model (LX), it is still of very high quality. The seats are comfortable, it is roomy, and it drives well. I love that the back seats fold down into the floor, giving a completely flat surface when they're down. When the back seats are up, there is a deep well to put things in. And since the back seat is a split bench seat, I can put one or the other seat down, leaving room for someone to sit and also providing a well to securely hold a few groceries. My Odyssey is now 11 years old and has just 90,000 miles on it. It's still going strong while other minivans of other brands owned by friends have started having serious problems. We have had some minor issues with things that involve general maintenance...like the weather stripping around the sliding doors coming loose. And little bits of paint are flaking off near the windows on those doors.