Toyota Sienna Reviews

"On the features and gizmos front, the Sienna meets or beats practically every other minivan player, offering everything from a power hatch to all-wheel drive."

"There is a conversation mirror so the driver can keep in contact with rear seat-mounted kiddies and there is that nifty middle seat of the middle row that slides forward to allow parents in the front to tend to a small person in a child seat."

"The 3.3-liter V6 performs admirably and offers a 20-horsepower advantage over the 3.0-liter six it replaces for a total of 230 hp."

"It's considerably larger than last year's model, and about $1,000 cheaper. It offers more cargo space than the full-size Sequoia sport-utility yet retails for $10,000 less."

"Seven or eight people aboard (depending on seating options) will be comfortable in the new Sienna -- even in the rearmost seat."

"The options list on the 2009 Toyota Sienna would be right at home on a luxury-brand vehicle."

"Each outboard seat weighs 48 pounds, the narrower center one tipped our scales at 54 pounds (it's reinforced to carry shoulder-belt loads in a crash)."

"The third-row seats fold flush into a well a la Honda Odyssey, one-upping the Honda in that they split 60/40."

"This Sienna is larger, more powerful and more refined than the first generation -- three attributes that will help it compete against the hugely popular Odyssey and Chrysler minivans."

"But the number of phony trees that must be fake felled to decorate every XLE Limited's doors, dash and steering wheel would make the CEO of Georgia-Pacific gasp."

"Take that, Honda Odyssey!"