Drew Magary Reviews the 2021 Toyota Sienna
Drew Magary Reviews the 2021 Toyota Sienna
It’s the best minivan I’ve ever driven, but it’s still a minivan. Now, Toyota would prefer you not think of their redesigned 2021 Sienna as a minivan. That’s why they’re running a shitload of ads featuring young people, who are clearly not parents, driving it along mountainsides and parking it next to the back door of a sold-out theater. This ain’t your dad’s minivan!. Drew Magary Reviews the 2021 Toyota Sienna.
Except it totally is. The reason Toyota threw all those young people into their spots isn’t because they expect them to actually buy this van (the fully loaded Platinum edition I tested has a sticker price of $53,770; buy one for your Uber driving gig and it will not pay for itself), but because they want middle-aged consumers to feel younger when they drive it. Drew Magary Reviews the 2021 Toyota Sienna.
And on first impressions, the 2021 Sienna succeeds. It’s a nice van. The ever-reliable 2011 Sienna I own is made almost exclusively of Tupperware. The 2021, by contrast, lays on a thick layer of bells and whistles. A new exterior with a silhouette that hews closer to a luxury SUV. A gorgeous interior. Drew Magary Reviews the 2021 Toyota Sienna.
A hybrid drivetrain that beats my old 2011 by 9 mpg. A better turning radius. A bridge console that makes you feel like you’re at the controls of the starship Enterprise. Flawless parking cameras. Motion sensors for the sliding doors, ooooh. Radar cruise control. Tinted windows for optimal soccer mom energy. And driving dynamics that, as with any good car, make it feel like you’re not driving anywhere near as fast as you actually are.
But it’s still a van. The ride isn’t terribly smooth. The driver’s side footwell has, surprisingly, less room than the 2011’s, which is a big problem for guys like me who use van time to manspread freely. The bumper still hangs down low enough to get into fights with any curb. And when my wife and I took the new Sienna out for our first road trip, we instantly got into an argument.
So Drew Magary Reviews the 2021 Toyota Sienna.
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