Toyota Sienna
The Toyota Sienna is a van, which is produced since late 1997 by the Japanese car maker Toyota in the United States exclusively for the U.S. market. It is built on the platform of the revised Camry. In the U.S. he was the successor of the Previa the first generation. He has a more conventional front-wheel drive design than its predecessor and was revised in 2004 and enlarged. The Sienna is often seen as a large-capacity taxi in New York.
1st Generation (1998-2003 )
Toyota Sienna (1998-2000)
End of 1997, Toyota brought the front-wheel drive Sienna as a model in 1998 to the North American market and replaced the rather advanced Previa with its mid-engine with rear wheel drive. The Sienna has a 3.0 liter V6 engine, type Toyota 1MZ -FE, presented which generated an output of 197 bhp (145 kW) and a torque of 284 Nm. It was built on the extended platform of the Camry and therefore marketed as " Camry under the Vans". The Sienna was also as a vehicle with the lowest fuel consumption in its class; he spent 14.9 l/100 km in the city and 10.9 l/100 km on the highway. The cars were built at the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky in Georgetown ( Kentucky). One year after its introduction, the Sienna grew in the new Honda Odyssey serious competition.
With the 2001 model year Sienna has been slightly revised. He received a small facelift front and rear. A new grille and new headlights combination taillights with white indicator covers given it a more modern look. A revised center console allowing better operation of the heating and ventilation, as well as the power sliding doors. The engine received a variable valve timing ( VVTi ), what (154 kW) and torque to be increased its power to 210 bhp to 298 Nm.
This generation was a particularly good safety rating. As the only Van der Sienna already at that time offered on demand side airbags and stability control (VSC ). ABS was supplied as standard. In the studies by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS ) Sienna was rated "good" in all six frontal crash tests.
2nd generation (since 2004)
Toyota Sienna XLE (2004-2005)
In January 2004, the second-generation Sienna was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show. The production was moved to Princeton (Indiana) and the plant in Georgetown was re-equipped for the production of the second generation Camry Solara. To give the revision more likely to be successful, Toyota assigned Yuji Yokoya the chief engineer with the project. Yokoya and his family drove the previous model than 85,000 km through all of North America to find out vulnerabilities.
The new model will continue to be offered in the equipment lines CE, LE and XLE, but this was the new top model XLE Limited. All Sienna now have a 3.3 -liter V6 engine, type Toyota 3MZ -FE, which is connected to a five -speed automatic and provides for the classification of the car as a ULEV. The automatic gear selector wandered from the steering column to the center console, and works in a zig-zag pattern, similar to the Lexus RX. The new design gives the car a drag coefficient of 0.30. The fuel consumption improved to 14.1 l/100 km urban and 9.6 l/100 km out of town ( with all-wheel drive: 14.9 litres/100 km in town and 10.9 l/100 km out of town ).
The over its predecessor significantly grown Sienna offers a wealth of new equipment details, many of which were taken over from the competition. A good example of this is the third seat that can be folded into the car floor flat (only with front-wheel drive models). They appeared first in the Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country and then at almost every van. When Honda Odyssey, this bank is only one piece fold down while the Sienna conveniently in a 60: 40 split. Also new are the electrically operated side windows in the rear doors that disappear completely in the door ( the first time the Mazda MPV), 8 Seats ( only in the CE and LE), electrically operated sliding doors and an electrically lockable tailgate (standard on XLE and XLE Limited, optional on LE).
Standard remote for the door locks, adjustable in height and tilt steering column, heat protection glass on the windshield and front side windows, actuators for heating and air conditioning system for the rear seat passengers and run-flat tires are supplied (only with all-wheel drive ). All Sienna models of vintages 2004-2007 also had a trailer hitch with a trailer load of max. 1600 kg. On request, xenon high- voltage discharge lamps in the headlamps ( XLE Limited), cruise control, parking sensors front and rear, wide-angle exterior mirror, navigation system with voice control, rear view camera, JBL audio system with 10 speakers and a DVD video system with folding screen for the rear seat passengers were available.
Safety aspects
The Sienna comes standard with ABS, Brake Assist (BAS), electronic brake- force distribution ( EBD), traction control ( TRAC ) and supplied tire pressure monitoring. Side airbags and side curtain airbags were standard on certain models of the vintages 2004 and 2005; since 2006 they are standard on all models. The stability control (VSC ), which in some simple models equipped only desire was initially available, belonged from 2008 on all models series.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS ) gave the second generation Sienna is a "good" in all six categories of frontal impact. Models with side airbags received a " good" in the side impact, while the other models there "satisfactory" reached only a.
Changes from model year to model year
2006 Sienna was again slightly reworked and received a new front, a new Seitenkonturierung and new taillights. Blue Fluorescent electroluminescent Optitron controls have been built into the equipment lines LE, XLE and Limited. The " XLE Limited" was accounted the name XLE to cause less confusion, and this equipment line received on request, a memory function for driver's seat and side mirrors ( also in the XLE available on request ) and electrically automatically -folding mirrors with integrated LED turn signals .. Furthermore, a Bluetooth connection and a power folding third seat are available on request. Front side airbags and curtain airbags for all three rows of seats are supplied as standard, the audio system for the rear seat passengers is no longer available. The performance data according to SAE rules now read 215 hp (158 kW) ( 230 bhp instead of ( 169 kW )) and the torque 301 Nm information (instead of 328 Nm). Toyota now allows gasoline with 87 octane for the Sienna.
2007, a new 3.5 -liter V6 engine, type Toyota 2GR -FE, introduced with ULEV II certification, which makes 266 hp (196 kW) and 14.1 l/100 km urban and 10.0 l / 100 km out of town ( front-wheel drive model) and 14.9 l/100 km urban and extra-urban 11.4 l/100 km (four-wheel drive model) consumed. Limited - and all-wheel drive models have new alloy wheels with seven spokes.
2009 remained largely unchanged Sienna, its prices were despite an additional "Extra Value Package " but lowered to make it more competitive. In the Canadian market, the basic price fell by as much as CDN $ 1500, -.
Models
The Toyota Sienna, born in 2010 is available in the following facilities:
- CE ( U.S. $ 24 540, - )
- CE 8 seats ( U.S. $ 24 690, - )
- LE ( U.S. $ 26 065, - )
- LE 8 seats ( U.S. $ 26 215, - )
- LE AWD ( U.S. $ 29 235, - )
- XLE ( U.S. $ 29 725, - )
- XLE AWD ( U.S. $ 32 485, - )
- Limited ( U.S. $ 35 665, - )
- Limited AWD ( U.S. $ 37 865, - )
Recall
On April 16, 2010 Toyota announced the recall of 600,000 cars of the Sienna. Under adverse climatic conditions may be caused by rust in structural damage to the reserve wheel suspension, a failure while driving can lead hazards of traffic. Are affected two-wheel driven models from the years 1998 to 2010, which were sold or registered in states with cooler climates.
Sales in the U.S.
Achievements prices
2004:
- Car And Driver: Five Best Trucks
- Edmunds Editor's Most Wanted Van and Edmund Consumer's Most Wanted Van
- Rated Double Best Pick by IIHS PDF
In film and television
- A yellow Toyota Sienna (2004-2005) plays the main role in the American television series Taxi quiz.
- A light blue Toyota Sienna CE (2004-2005) is used as a Van in Disney film The Pacifier.
- The YTV Van in Long Day Weekend Trip is a Sienna, which is provided with the YTV logo.
- Two Toyota Sienna ( 2006), Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, drove in the fourth season of the television series The Simple Life, The housewives.