Best 8 passenger vehicles of 2012

Best 8 passenger vehicles of 2012

Mihir Patel

Top Eight Passenger Vehicle Eight Passenger Vehicles

Eight passenger vehicles carry two people in the front, three in middle and three more in the rear. When you need to haul two tennis doubles players or two barbershop quartets, you need a vehicle that can do it comfortably and safely. Here's a list of the current eight passenger vehicles.

	Toyota Sienna	The Sienna is a four door mini-van costing from $25,060 to $37,324. It's manufactured in Princeton, Indiana and uses a front engine/ front wheel or all wheel drive configuration.
	Honda Odyssey	The Odyssey features a 3.5 liter V6 producing 248 horsepower and a five or six speed automatic. It costs from $28,375 to $43,825 and comes in seven trim levels.
	Honda Pilot	The Pilot is a mid-size SUV with three row seats, a 250 horsepower 3.5 liter V6 and a five-speed automatic transmission. The price for a Pilot is from $28,470 to $40,820.
	Chevrolet Traverse	The Traverse is a crossover SUV that gets better than average gas mileage with an EPA estimated 24 highway fuel economy. It has a rear DVD entertainment system and a five star safety rating.
	Infiniti QX56	If you want big, Infiniti has the vehicle for you. With the second and third row seats folded down, there's 95.1 cubic feet of cargo space. It's powered by a 5.6 liter, 400 horsepower V8 and will tow 8,500 pounds. It starts at $58,700 and stops at $63,100
	Nissan Armada	The Armada is thirsty at 12 MPG city and 19 Highway, big and comfortable. Passengers will enjoy the optional heated seats, upgraded stereo system and DVD entertainment system with its 9.3 GB music hard drive.
	Toyota Sequoia or Land Cruiser	Choose the Land Cruiser if you do much off-road driving. It uses full-time four-wheel drive and "crawl control", a system that regulates speed when you go up or down steep hills. The Sequoia has fewer features but costs $39,580 against the Land Cruiser's $67,370 and has more room inside.
	Chevrolet Tahoe or GMC Yukon	Both General Motors vehicles will carry eight or nine people, share the same general price range, from $37,000 to $53,000 and dimensions. Both have the same V8 engine and the same warranty. Make your pick based on which is better looking to you.
	Chevrolet Suburban or Cadillac Escalade EXT	The Suburban is the Chevy three-quarter ton pickup truck with a station-wagon body. It's the oldest SUV model, first produced in 1934 as a vehicle for the National Guard. Sales are down in some models of the Suburban because of its gas mileage rating of ten city and 15 highway MPG. The Escalade is the up-market version of the Suburban and comes with extra amenities such as AC with three zone climate control.