Forgotten cars: Hyundai Entourage 

"LJ909" (lj909) 11/14/2017 at 12:50 • Filed to: None

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A quick badge job done up by Kia for its sister company Hyundai, the Entourage (also known as the weirdly named Kia Carnival in other markets, or aka a rebadged Sedona), the Entourage was made from ‘06-’09. Most people don’t even know or remember that Hyundai attempted to get in on the minivan market. But here it is.

In typical Hyundai fashion, it offered loads of standard features for the price such as front side airbags and curtain air bags for all 3 rows. It was powered by Hyundai’s 3.8 L 242 horse Lambda V6 that was also used in the Veracruz (more on that one another time), Kia Amanti and Sorento and the Azera.

It was never a sales success, which explains why it was only made for 3 years. They only sold a total of 41,204 over the course of those 3 years. I think it had something to do with the fact that both its sibling the Sedona existed and was cheaper, and the Veracruz was stealing some of the minivan thunder being a crossover. I’ve never seen one for sales used, have rarely seen one in the wild and have never known or talked to anyone that has owned one of these. Its weird and rare for a minivan.

For Sweden > LJ909 11/14/2017 at 12:57

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Naming you van after one of the worst TV shows isn’t a good idea.

MultiplaOrgasms > For Sweden 11/14/2017 at 13:28

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At least its not a Trajet.

Surprisingly enough the Trajet is completely unrelated to the Sedona/Carnival.

Probenja > For Sweden 11/14/2017 at 13:41

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Well they had to follow the theme they had with the Matrix.

As a sidenote my mom had 2! of these.

Kiltedpadre > LJ909 11/14/2017 at 14:25

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My boss just bought one of these for his daughter. He was looking at a Sedona, and I spotted that the same dealer had the Entourage. He wasn’t sure about it until I explained that it was a Sedona. He didn’t realize they were the same company so he was worried about buying something that was only made a few years.

NojustNo > MultiplaOrgasms 11/14/2017 at 14:39

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That looks like a rebadged odyssey at a glance.

LJ909 > Kiltedpadre 11/14/2017 at 15:07

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Yea his daughter should be fine. Reviews for it were pretty decent.

MultiplaOrgasms > NojustNo 11/15/2017 at 12:58

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Even though its actually a Sonata.