Inside you'll notice the seat has a height-adjustment lever, which really aids comfort on long trips. You can completely change your driving position without getting too close or too far from the steering wheel. The fore and aft range of the driver's seat is one of the longest we've sampled, and will probably make room for plus-six-and-a-half-footers. That also means you can make yourself some room in the driver's seat if you have to wait there for the soccer game to end.
The front seats themselves hold you securely, but they don't feel like the buckets in a sedan. There are large side bolsters on the backs of the seats, but the seating surface is relatively flat. This makes the van easy to get into, but encourages you to move around on long trips.
The dashboard is neatly arranged, and the gauges are easy to read. The videotape and CD players are down near the floor and require a long reach to change media, however. The MontanaVision system has a 5.6-inch flat-panel color monitor screen that folds down from the ceiling. The front-seat occupants can't see it, a legal requirement. Behind this screen is a ceiling console that houses panels with volume knobs and jacks for headphones. On the left side of the rear ceiling are two knobs for additional rear seat heating and cooling. All of this equipment will keep rear-seaters busy and entertained. What we like best about this system is its integration. Aftermarket systems we've tried tend to be more difficult to use and not as durable. Next Page