2015 Toyota Sienna AWD LTD |
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3.5-liter DOHC 24-valve dual VVT-i V-6 (266 horsepower @ 60 rpm, 245 pound-feet of torque @ 4700 rpm) 6 ECT-i-speed automatic transmission 16 city / 23 highway / 19 combined (EPA Rating, MPG) 22.1 mpg on the 1 / 99 city / highway "driving through hell, Wyoming" cycle (observed MPG) tested options: Roof rack cross bars, remote start engine, Four Season Carpet (Not Three!) ground package base Price (Sienna LTD AWD): [43665 $ * As Price Tested: $ 44,824 * * All prices include $ 885 destination fee. |
* A cautionary tale.
Crossing the great state of Wyoming with hundreds of pounds of men, machinery (including a stencil Chairman Mao) and snacks should not less than 14 cup holders .
(Two cupholders were used in the drink, the rest were used for toy cars and other empty containers.)
Build a family car is not a trick. Rather, it is a compromise between size and economy, comfort and capacity, familiar and futuristic. Anyone can build a warship, but move on the road at 25 miles per gallon requires some finesse.
This is not a story about the Littoral combat ship. Instead, it is a story of three men overweight, eight hours to wonder aloud in a van in Wyoming about Nixon, the road noise and absolutely not the Colorado legal marijuana crossing the lines interstate. (Sorry to get your hopes up.)
The Toyota Sienna 2015 is a minivan with complex roots. Not necessarily a ministry of defense Bungle $ 45 billion as the USS Independence, the Toyota Sienna benefits of some inexpensive thoughtful touches, such as storage and comfortable seating throughout. - But ultimately falls short
The Sienna has some seriously tough competition. The six minivans left in the United States (the Mazda5 is unfortunately missing) - the Dodge Caravan, Chrysler Town & Country, Kia Sedona Honda Odyssey, Nissan Quest and Toyota Sienna - are desperately nearly $ 30,000 when is equipped sanely. Our tester, a limited edition opulently equipped AWD tips the scales at over $ 44,000 with sustainable options such as remote start ($ 499) and roof rails ($ 185). A good example can be had for much less.
Exterior
partly because I wanted to central vac as he had an odyssey for dirty animals I carried 550 miles across Wyoming, but also because I believe that the Odyssey is good with limited palette the van.
with the sliding doors long, maximized interior space and square proportions, vans have a hard time looking good. as a result, the Sienna is best eaten face-first.
the crumpled hood, grille and attractive headlights are a bit let down by the plain bumper jane and any shoulders It is difficult to blame a van to be boring -. but anyway Sienna is and the Odyssey just not
At the rear, the Sienna has a [
inside
like Disney movies, it is not outward appearances than what is inside that counts: it's 14 cup holders and numerous storage cubbies testing a van courage he lots in the Sienna. Fully loaded, the Sienna carries four adults and their gear hundreds of miles across the Wyoming plains to deliver them to a race track in Salt Lake City. . Not bad
Sienna makes its hay slogs like this - same goes for many other minivans - and that's why they are friendly
Like other mini -fourgonnettes, Sienna tickles. common sense quotient with a handful of Toyota offers the feel of material range
space shuttle seats -. which may be the slimmest business tie-in imaginable for Toyota - using the seat van 7 or 8 passengers depending on configuration seat. When the middle row has only captain chairs, seats for adults in this row is comfortable and spacious (I seat two adults in the second row for over 1,0 miles). Limited in more expensive models, the second row of chairs receive support leg.
However, when the middle seat is not installed in the second row, there are a few left hooks protruding from the ground that remind you that something is not there. They are also a bit of a risk trigger for little feet.
The much more useful feature of the family, a voice amplified system for drivers to talk to the rear passengers, called "Driver Speak Easy" is the Sienna better turn. Using a microphone in front of projecting through the rear speakers, talking with children sitting in the back seats is much easier and clearer - and most importantly -. Safer
Day after day, the Sienna is just as comfortable as a lounge. The height of the load easier and open spaces took trips to the racetrack and easy return, and around the city Sienna is competent and calm, which was ideal.
infotainment
the Entune infotainment system of Toyota is still the best of the lot and is easier to use than comparable systems Honda and Chrysler minivans. Closing the navigation map still needs snaps on two different screens, something that I hope Toyota will soon change.
synchronize a phone with the system and use its data connection using the van to find movie times, gas and radio flux pumps on the Internet, which I truly believe will serve in a van over that it does in their private cars
(my only complaint :. USB seems to be only 0.5 amps, which means my size toast iPhone more could not load or run in off the single USB. I had to connect an inverter to a 12 volt adapters loudly and run an inverter. This is a big issue for families, and something that could have been wrong in my car alone. I ask Toyota for some direction, but have not heard.)
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Our van sported a feature that no van can (see what I was there) - it is the van drive all wheels available today. Under the hood, a 6-cylinder engine that cranks 266 horsepower is managed by a six-speed automatic transmission. In the real world, the Sienna is barely about 20 mpg in combined city and highway -. Which is a high price for a theoretical driving all-wheel drive
Mileage is not impressive, nor is the trade off for all-wheel drive. Our AWD machine humming away for 10 miles across Wyoming, Colorado and Utah over three days, which proved long enough to say repeatedly: "I thought it would be quieter here"
Sienna could benefit from more wheels of the front, and two-wheel drive less (the rear floor was strangely warm after a long drive -.. hot enough to melt a chocolate bar box back
the Sienna is as interesting as my stay, and I person of interior decorator. despite subtle improvements to the fascia and rear headlights, Sienna does not look as good than, say, the Odyssey, inside and outside
But like most family events -. or adults hauling gear and hundreds of miles across the country - it's not how you look to, it's like this is
And it was not enough men, i mean
Fixed: an earlier version of this story ... did not understand the Nissan Quest as for sale in the United States
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