Tuesday, April 13, 2010

2011 Toyota Sienna XLE Minivan Test Drive and First Impressions

2011 Toyota Sienna

Price Range
$25,345.00 - $39,770.00
Fuel Economy
16 city / 22 highway
Base Engine
266-horsepower V6
Value Rating
N/A
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My first thought upon hearing I'd be spending a week with the entirely new 2011 Toyota Sienna minivan was, Wow, they still make minivans?


Since the crossover SUV did to the minivan what the minivan did to the station wagon, it always surprises me when a company throws significant resources at one. A minivan, that is. And Toyota clearly has. The new Sienna is in most ways a complete peach, heads and tails better than the van it replaces. It's really quite nice. For a minivan. My front-wheel-drive XLE 8-passenger test car (one of, oh, a dozen models — seriously) was crypt-quiet and sufficiently swift, with a 266-horsepower V-6 doing the work. And, really, that's no small amount of work: The thing weighs 4500 pounds unladen...

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