I have always been very turned off my any vehicle with the words "mini" or "Van" in its title. However, while my sporty, sexy, fully loaded, fantastic Acura TL (which was my b-day present to myself 2 yrs ago) was in for servicing, the dealership only had a Chrysler T&C to loan me. We are a 1 car family - we work at home, so had been entertaining the idea of getting a bigger car for a long time.
I was able to fit 2 kids, 1 large dog, me, husband + 15 bags of dirt and mulch from Home Depot in the T&C!!!! We were sold. No SUV could hold all that and still fit in the garage.
After lots of exhaustive minivan research, we decided on the Honda Odyssey and it has been embraced lovingly into our family - complete with leather, GPS and DVD player. It's like my TL on steroids.
Have a great day!