2018 Toyota Sienna Review | Infotainment

Each Sienna is fitted with Toyota's anything but difficult to-utilize Entune infotainment framework and up to five USB ports. While it is accessible with a portable hotspot and discretionary back seat diversion, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are inaccessible.

What's New for 2018?

Toyota redressed a portion of the issues with the Sienna's old infotainment framework for 2018. A year ago, it had a solitary USB port and was without a versatile hotspot. It's presently accessible with up to five USB ports and a 4G LTE Wi-Fi hotspot. The accessible back seat stimulation framework has been refreshed to incorporate spilling ability for Android gadgets. The standard Entune unit on the L trim now includes application based route. The framework on the LE, SE, and XLE models has standard Toyota's Safety Connect, which places drivers in contact with responders in a crisis. Likewise, the Premium Audio alternative is accessible on the SE and XLE; the JBL stereo with Dynamic Navigation and Destination Assist is standard on the Limited.

Infotainment Features

Each Sienna has some adaptation of Entune infotainment. The base L has a 6.1-inch touchscreen with a CD player and a four-speaker stereo. The standard framework on the LE, SE, and XLE is a 7.0-inch unit with six speakers, a route application, SiriusXM satellite radio, and activity and climate refreshes. The Limited has a similar touchscreen, in addition to incorporated route and a 10-speaker JBL stereo. A cool alternative is an in-auto PA framework that uses an amplifier to open up the driver's voice. It's ideal for telling back-push travelers that "the van's pivoting if the clowning around doesn't stop, PRONTO!"

Infotainment Performance

The 7.0-inch Entune unit we tried on the Sienna Limited is as responsive as well known cell phones however slower than Fiat Chrysler's magnificent Uconnect framework in the Pacifica.

2018 Toyota Sienna Review | Interior

Toyota's inside originators are evidently fanatics of disconnected dash formats and shabby plastics, as confirm by the Sienna. Notwithstanding feel, it remains a practical domain for travelers of any age, with accessible highlights, for example, second-push skipper's seats and a drop-down back seat diversion framework.

What's New for 2018?

The Sienna inside quality is baffling contrasted and its adversaries. Be that as it may, the 2018 models now have a covered front windshield and acoustic glass on the front-push side windows. Toyota asserts this decreases clamor, vibration, and brutality. Additionally, the measure group has another 4.2-inch driver-data show.

Inside Space Comparisons

The Sienna's second-and third-push legroom trails most different minivans; be that as it may, the two columns are as yet agreeable for grown-ups. Those purchasing the best spec Limited get a standard and selective double sunroof that cuts headroom throughout the second and third columns by around two inches.

Inside Features

A dark focus stack that looks as systematic as the instrument board of the Space Shuttle contains vast, simple to-distinguish controls. Those found nearer to the traveler, for example, the tuning handle for the radio—can be hard for the driver to reach. Front-drive Siennas have seating for up to eight with a stowable focus position situate in the second column, as they are sold just as seven-traveler vehicles without an inside seat situate. Standard three-zone atmosphere control will prove to be useful to chill the group following a day at the shoreline. The Sienna is additionally accessible with a power-enacted second-push situate (called an Auto Access Seat) that reaches out outside the vehicle and brings down to make passage and departure more open, especially for impeded travelers; it's a manufacturing plant introduced choice that requires a unique merchant request and adds about $6000 to the cost of the van.

A couple of years prior, the Sienna's inside highlights were more than fulfilling. In any case, imaginative opponents have developed with amenities, for example, the Pacifica's Stow 'N Go seating framework—which empowers the second-push seats to cover up in wells under the heap floor—or the Odyssey's reconfigurable second line and implicit vacuum.

Inside Sound Level

Present day lodges complete an incredible activity of protecting travelers from surrounding clamor, however none can totally wipe out the sharp solid of the breeze and the automaton of tire commotion when you're going at expressway speed. To gauge the inside sound-weight level, we utilize a Brüel and Kjær Type 2250-L sound meter, which we position amidst the principal line of seats at the stature of the driver's ear. The meter consequently midpoints 15 seconds of sound in A-weighted decibels (dBA), taken while the test auto is cruising at 70 mph. (A-weighting is an industry standard that changes decibel readings to better reflect how the human ear hears different frequencies.) We take two estimations and normal the outcomes. We likewise rectify for speedometer errors with our GPS-based information lumberjacks. It is important that decibels are a logarithmic unit, so a rating of 40 decibels isn't double the sound weight of 20 decibels; it is 10 times the sound weight. A six-decibel increment generally pairs the sound weight.

Seating and Step-In Height

To precisely quantify seating tallness—the separation from the street to the driver's hip—we utilize a H-Point Machine (HPM), an exactly designed gadget promoted by SAE International. This adaptable instrument, in conjunction with a laser gadget, uncovers the width and area of rooftop column perceivability impediments (blind sides). Our HPM and laser estimation instruments decide the length of street clouded by the hood and also the street darkened by the storage compartment or incubate (as observed through the rearview reflect).

2018 Toyota Sienna Review | Performance and Driving Impressions

Driving the Sienna like Mario Andretti at Indy is more Fear Factor than Supernanny. It has a lot of giddyap, and the brake pedal feels consoling, yet the ride is delicate, there is a disrupting measure of body roll, and unpleasant streets inspire a greater number of rattles than you hear in a nursery.

What's New for 2018?

The restorative changes for 2018 do nothing to adjust the Sienna's execution or driving impressions. In like manner, the powertrain is totally untouched; all-wheel drive is as yet accessible.

Increasing speed

The two Siennas we tried (front-and all-wheel drive) had the second-and third-speediest dashes to 60 mph. In spite of the fact that they were trounced in passing circumstances (50 to 70 mph) by the Honda Odyssey, Toyota's V-6 felt shockingly expedient in all way of situations. The pedal responds preferable to mid-throttle contributions over deck it; we additionally saw its underlying tip-in has some slack before alarming the motor.

Ride, Handling, and Steering

Family karaoke challenges and resting tots will be undisturbed on account of the Sienna's agreeable ride on smooth surfaces. While unforgiving knocks and uneven roads aren't troubling, the shivers and squeaks heard inside the lodge influenced us to ponder about form quality. The front-drive Sienna and the Odyssey tied for the most minimal cornering hold (0.75 g), yet the Honda felt considerably more steady though the Toyota's clear incline toward tight corners and fast off-ramps was worrisome. The Sienna's guiding feels loose, and it can require hand-over-hand turning on 90-degree around the local area corners, dissimilar to the directing on the Odyssey and Chrysler Pacifica. The Sienna SE utilizes an elite game suspension and a retuned guiding setup, yet these do little to change the van's flow.

Braking

The Sienna's brake pedal has a slight inert support zone before the brakes react with a firm, guaranteeing response. The Kia Sedona we tried had an altogether shorter crisis ceasing separation than either the front-drive or all-wheel-drive Sienna. Be that as it may, the two Toyotas beat the Odyssey.

2018 Toyota Sienna Review | Fuel Economy

The Sienna's powertrain has average efficiency, however the Chrysler and Honda minivans have a slight preferred standpoint with regards to roadway evaluations. By the day's end, each of the three have the same 580 miles of range on a tank of gas—and guardians will without a doubt be making rest-zone stops for the children well before that numerous miles pass by.

What's New for 2018?

Since the Sienna's powertrain extended unaltered for 2018, we don't expect its EPA-evaluated efficiency or genuine figures to change.

2017 Toyota Sienna

The EPA appraisals for the all-wheel-drive Sienna are 18 mpg city, 24 roadway, and 20 consolidated.

We've conceived our own particular mileage test trying to duplicate how a great many people drive on the roadway. Our method involves a 200-mile out-and-back circle on Michigan's I-94 roadway. We keep up a GPS-confirmed 75 mph and utilize the voyage control however much as could reasonably be expected to impersonate the way numerous drivers act amid long treks.

Our front-drive Limited test van surpassed its EPA roadway rating by 2 mpg on our fuel circle—acquiring 29 mpg. We tried an all-wheel-drive XLE display too, which additionally conveyed more than its 24-mpg guarantee. The Odyssey and Pacifica additionally surpassed their appraisals by 2 mpg and 3 mpg, separately. The Odyssey and Pacifica likewise surpassed their evaluations by 2 mpg and 3 mpg, separately.

2018 Toyota Sienna Review | Engine and Transmission

Zipping the children to rehearse or exploring road furors on vacation ends of the week is simple and effective with the Sienna's V-6 motor and eight-speed programmed transmission. Its accessible all-wheel-drive framework is a class select and an additional measure of security in severe climate.

What's New for 2018?

In 2017, Toyota refreshed the Sienna's motor and transmission to be all the more effective, refined, and productive, which is likely why there are no progressions for 2018.

2017 Toyota Sienna

The Sienna has another 296-hp 3.5-liter V-6, the most intense motor in its class; strength is helped by 30, and its 263 lb-ft of torque is up by 18. It hurried the front-drive adaptation to 60 mph in 6.9 seconds—speedier than everything except the new Honda Odyssey. Speeding up times aside, Toyota's family hauler pulls effortlessly in day by day utilize. Motor commotion can heighten with liberal throttle applications, however it's not coarse. In spite of the fact that the eight-speed gearbox is accommodating around town and unsurprising on the parkway, we noticed a hesitance to downshift under overwhelming throttle. All-wheel drive isn't accessible on the base L or the lively SE, and its cost fluctuates relying upon the model.

Tow Ratings Compared

The Sienna's maximum tow rating is just 100 pounds short of the Chrysler Pacifica and the Dodge Grand Caravan, however its 3500-pound max coordinates that of the three-push Mazda CX-9 and in addition the Kia Sedona and the 2018 Honda Odyssey.

2018 Toyota Sienna Review | Overview

The sensible Sienna has every one of the signs of the cutting edge minivan: an extensive inside, cutting edge dynamic wellbeing highlights, and an effective, productive powertrain. Its V-6 and eight-speed programmed can be matched with class-selective all-wheel drive; front-wheel-drive is standard. A discretionary back seat stimulation framework and a Wi-Fi hotspot keep the children content. Standard security tech incorporates computerized crisis braking, path keeping help, and that's only the tip of the iceberg. In any case, the Sienna does not have some imperative highlights, for example, the Pacifica's overlap into-the-floor second-push seats, or the implicit vacuum that is accessible in both the Odyssey and Pacifica. While this massive box isn't as advanced inside and its ride is less refined than those adversaries, the Sienna has a lot of substance to fulfill purchasers.

What's New for 2018?

Toyota made noteworthy powertrain enhancements to the Sienna in 2017, however it didn't tinker with whatever else. For 2018, the most evident refresh is another front end and adapted lower-body boards. The inside has been upgraded with an overlaid windshield and acoustic glass on the front-push side windows for calmer running and another 4.2-inch driver data show in the check bunch. The Entune infotainment framework is updated over the Sienna lineup with up to five USB ports and a discretionary 4G Wi-Fi hotspot. The accessible back seat excitement framework would now be able to stream from Android gadgets. Premium sound frameworks are accessible, as well. The 2018 Sienna has Toyota Safety Sense P standard. It incorporates forward-impact cautioning, computerized crisis braking, path takeoff cautioning, path keeping help, programmed high-bars, and versatile journey control.

What Was New for 2017?

The Sienna looks basically the same as it did when the third-age display first hit showrooms as a 2011 model. The most huge change as of recently was discarding the base four-barrel motor in 2013, making Toyota's 3.5-liter V-6 the main motor decision. For 2017, the Sienna gets a refreshed powertrain. The V-6 has an indistinguishable dislodging from its antecedent, yet brags an additional 30 drive (up to 296) and 18 lb-ft of torque (up to 263). Its running mate is another eight-speed programmed transmission that replaces the six-speed. Together they enhance refinement, quickening, and mileage.

Trims and Options We'd Choose

The 2018 Sienna includes a reiteration of standard dynamic wellbeing highlights and an enhanced infotainment framework, both of which make the minivan more present day and more attractive to customers. As in 2017, the Sienna LE is the best deal and our favored decision among minivans. It begins at $34,655 (up $1120 from a year ago), and its standard highlights include:

• 7.0-inch Entune infotainment touchscreen

• Heated, control flexible outside mirrors

• Power-customizable driver's seat

• Dual power-sliding back entryways

Including all-wheel drive includes costs $2540 and diminishes traveler seating from eight to seven by taking out the removable second-push situate. We'd manage with the front-drive setup and just include the Outdoor bundle ($364), which shields our speculation from children, mutts, and the components. It includes all-climate floor liners, curved guards, and doorsill defenders. That solitary choice brought our aggregate to $35,019. While the Honda Odyssey EX-L ($38,335) and the Chrysler Pacifica Touring L ($36,590) are brimming with highlights and our most loved choices, the Sienna LE is a long way from no frills. The individuals who needn't bother with extravagant jeans additional items as well as lean toward a Toyota in their carport will be content.

2018 Toyota Sienna Review

To the extent we can tell, Toyota needs you to think about its Sienna as the Jay-Z of minivans. Like Hov on the tune "Otis," Toyota asserts the Sienna has its swagger back—you know, a similar swagger it was guaranteed to have in the fairly moan commendable "swagger wagon" advertisement crusade from quite a while prior.

The makeover really began a year ago, when the Sienna's 266-hp V-6 motor and six-speed programmed transmission were binned for another 296-hp 3.5-liter V-6 motor matched with an eight-speed programmed. The blend helped raise the front-wheel-drive Sienna's efficiency by 1 mpg in the city and 2 mpg on the interstate, to 19/27 mpg, while the all-wheel-drive display saw increments of 2 mpg city and 1 mpg thruway, to 18/24 mpg. With 30 additional horses and two more apparatuses, the Sienna's increasing speed, obviously, enhanced also. We saw the jog to 60 mph fall by 0.3 second, to 7.0 seconds level. Regardless of these essential mechanical changes, however, the 2017 Sienna appeared to be no unique from its 2016 partner.

For 2018, Toyota has fitted another nose that aligns its superior individuals mover's styling more with whatever is left of the brand's lineup. Recognizable changes incorporate bigger and reshaped grille openings. All Sienna models now get the flared side ledges that were already saved for the sportier SE variation.

More essential, however, is the expansion of a large group of new security and innovation highlights. Each Sienna now comes standard with computerized crisis braking, versatile journey control, a path takeoff cautioning framework that can naturally direct the van once more into its path, and programmed high-pillar headlights. Moreover, each of the 2018 Siennas come outfitted with Toyota's most recent Entune 3.0 sight and sound interface and Toyota's App Suite Connect, which offers an application based route framework. Entune is accessible in three evaluations, the most reduced level of which is constrained to the base Sienna L. Climbing to the LE, SE, and XLE trims conveys Entune 3.0 Audio Plus to the table, which includes Wi-Fi availability that permits up to five gadgets to be associated with the van's 4G LTE organize. At long last, Entune 3.0 Premium comes standard on the highest point of-the-line Limited (and is accessible on the SE and XLE), bringing a redesigned stereo and an in-dash route framework that can constantly refresh its guide to represent the most recent geological changes and course data. Other little updates to the Sienna incorporate an accessible encompass see screen on Limited models furnished with the Premium bundle and a back seat stimulation framework now fit for spilling video from Android gadgets.

Toyota wasn't prepared at production time to discuss the van's marked down date or cost, however we anticipate that the refreshed van will swagger into showrooms near the finish of the year with just a little knock in MSRP. In all honesty, we don't know whether the Sienna at any point had swagger in any case; however with substantial rivalry from the Chrysler Pacifica and an all-new Honda Odyssey not too far off, the Sienna's updated looks and included tech should give Toyota's more established contender a superior possibility against more up to date contenders.