cars.com auto review hi I'm Dave Thomas of
cars.com and we're here with the all-new
2009 toyota venza this is a new vehicle
for toyota it's parked car park
crossover part SUV and a whole lot of
funny name but besides that name there's
a lot of utility and a lot of new
features will walk you through it is not
really known for aggressive styling but
they've gone aggressive here with the
venza especially with this grill up
front it's really crazy looking kinda
reminds me of an alien from that famous
movie series now moving around another I
grabbing feature our than wheels
standard or 19
these are 20 they come standard on the
v6 model that is HUGE most models of any
kind of come with wheels that big put a
highlander SUV for example 17 and 18 are
standard overall though we're glad to
kind of went with an aggressive look one
way or the other but he definitely won't
miss this one event that comes standard
the four-cylinder engine it's good for
29 miles per gallon highway 21 miles per
gallon city the v6 we have here it's
good for 26 miles per gallon highway 19
miles per gallon city now the good thing
is ben's does come with available
all-wheel drive that will document mile
per gallon any of those ratings two
groups of buyers are you perfect for the
venza are young families with just two
kids or active baby boomers active baby
boomers I mean rumors like to play golf
especially I've tested a lot of cars and
suvs over the years one real problem is
getting four sets of golf bags in the
back and caring for people with peace
and let me tell you the venza does it in
a terrific way trust me for a crossover
like this to have this much room in the
back that's a big deal
do incall event inexpensive it starts at
twenty-six thousand dollars for the
four-cylinder twenty-eight thousand
dollars roughly for the v6 luckily it's
very nice to get it does a great job
with interiors for the most part the
very nice wood grain really high-quality
leather and even the cloth seats and the
base model a quite night one thing done
really well are the ergonomics of the
Interior especially stuff like cup
holders on the Cubbies is a little spot
here for a cell phone or an ipod or some
kind of gadget kind of just put it right
here there's a little spring-loaded
there so it stays in place when you're
driving
there's also a really neat center
console you slide it back this huge area
down here there's a place for your
cables for power and for auxiliary jack
for audio and cable management so it
comes right up through the bottom can
plug into whatever you have their really
convenient also all the stuff slides
around so you can slide the armrest back
open it up there's even more storage
back here really nipping the past few
years
everyone's been talking about three row
crossovers and more and more have been
introduced on the market event is only
two roads so there's no third-row no
extra people
now that's too bad for big families but
if you only have two kids defense is a
great option to have a standard child
here in the center which she would do
for one child it obviously plenty of
room i'm sitting next to it
lots of room for either side having
people on either side now had two kids
two seats on either side that would fit
great as well
now check out this leg room and they sit
back straight here in the seat there is
a ton of legroom check out the headroom
and that's with a panoramic sunroof in
here cutting into that space like I said
lots of room you won't find this much
remodel any card any class that's great
for the venza we've talked about
families and we talk about baby boomers
they don't get lost in marketing
terminology the bottom line on the venza
there's lots of room lots of room for
passengers and lots of room for cargo
now there are a couple of drawbacks that
looks might stop anyone from you in
coming into a dealership and once
they're in a price tag started twenty
six thousand dollars could put the
brakes on to but if everything else
looks good to you
definitely check it out
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