2009 Toyota Sienna Review Summaries

What reviewers liked most about the Toyota Sienna:

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.

-- AutoWeek

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.

-- Car and Driver

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.

-- Edmunds.com

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.

-- New Car Test Drive

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

-- The Car Connection

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

-- The Car Connection

What reviewers liked least about the Toyota Sienna:

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).

-- Car and Driver

Toyota Sienna Comparisons:

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.

-- Edmunds.com

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

-- Road & Track

Best one-liner about the Toyota Sienna:

Take that, Honda Odyssey!

-- Canadian Driver

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.

-- The Car Connection