2008 Toyota Sienna

Pros: Seats seven, Rides well, Automatic doors, Deeper trunk than most minivans or SUVs

Cons: A minivan is a minivan: there's no way to reduce the stigma

The Bottom Line: If you are looking for a minivan, the 2008 Toyota Sienna is a very good option. Aside from a couple of minor nuisances this is a comfortable vehicle.

Review: I recently had to take my Toyota Sequoia to the dealer for some kind of joint bearing replacement and got the pleasure of driving a 2008 Toyota Sienna for a day as a loaner. While I was initially unhappy with the idea of breaking one of my...

Pros: A great family vehicle, seats 7 and loaded with safety features

Cons: None Yet

The Bottom Line: The best for Families The smoothiest vehicle that I have ever driven

Review: I now have owned this vehicle for six months and I have to tell you that the ride is smoother than any I have ever driven. The engine is quiet and the ride is super smooth. Everyone who has been in my van says the same thing. It ys so easy to dive...

Pros: Luxurious interior, quietness, acceleration, room, totally unobstructed view forward

Cons: Squishy handling, very light steering, totally unobstructed view forward

The Bottom Line: Trails the new Chrysler minivans in features, but the Sienna remains the quickest, quietest, and most luxurious.

Review: For 15 years Chrysler dominated the minivan market. This began to change and fast once Honda and Toyota introduced equally large front-wheel-drive minivans. Honda was first, in the 1999 model year. For five years the much larger second generation...

Pros: Kids love it.

Cons: No spare tire.

Review: We purchased a 2008 Toyota Sienna AWD van. This van has NO SPARE TIRE. They won't tell you that when looking at it, but the van has no space for it either.

To get around that, they put these "run flat tires" on it. They say the tires can...

Pros: Great family car, excellent resale, nice touring ride, love the Dynamic Laser Cruise.

Cons: Navigation is poor, as well as the voice navigation feature.

The Bottom Line: Best built van out there. Excellent Resale. Ton's of gadgets. A Man's Van.

Review: We just bought the Toyota Sienna Limited Front Wheel drive model. We have put on 4000 miles in about three months. This is the best mini van out there. Some of the features that sold me are just too good to be true.
I ended up getting the High...

Pros:

Smooth ride, feels like I'm driving a sedan.
Roomy, comfortable and safe.

Cons: Expensive options
Expensive to replace Run-on-flat
Wish for more leg room in back seat.

Review: We needed more room and we got it. The back row seat has options of full, 3/4, and 1/4 up or down and the back can be reclined to any angle.
With AWD you feel safe driving in the snow.
The back windows open a little more than half way (nice to...

Pros: roomy, comfortable, car chasey, captain chairs, easy handling

Cons: no hide-a-way seats, they must be manually removed

The Bottom Line: If given the opportunity to purchase another minivan, I would purchase a Toyota Sienna again.

Review: The Toyota Sienna is roomy and comfortable. The best feature about the Sienna is that it is built on a regular car chassey not a truck chassey (as most other vans are). This means that you don't feel like you are "riding high" with a car that is...

Pros: Get up and go!
Quiet ride.
Comfy seats.
auxiliary mp3 jack
Toyota's reputation for reliability and company stability

Cons: Seat cloth could be nicer (try the LE).
Rear view somewhat diminished.

Review: My beloved 2000 Town and Country was still chugging at 170k, but it was time. We drove the 2010 T&C and found it underpowered and clad with an interior plastic that resembled the thin stuff used in Porta-Potties. The much-heralded 2nd row Stow & Go...

Pros: It's a minivan, toys (gadgets), great handling.

Cons: Price, mpg, dvd (only) placement & controls, lacking some safety features in lower end models.

The Bottom Line: Something fun for everyone. Toys for the kids and man, room and features to make life easier.

Review: With 2 kids we quickly out grew our '01 4-door Golf and we needed a minivan badly. My husband kept putting it off, but finally the hunt began.

What I wanted: good handling, power sliding doors, power lift gate, something safe.
What the man...