| 2011 Toyota Sienna vs 2010 Chrysler Town and Country | January 12, 2010 | AUTORIVALS.NET |
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| The minivan has come a long way over the past few decades. The Chrysler Group used to dominate the segment with their Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town and Country but now new leaders have emerged from Honda and Toyota. The recently redesigned Toyota Sienna comes with a slew of new features and a modern design. | ||
| 2011 Toyota Sienna | vs | 2010 Chrysler Town and Country |
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| Chrysler seems to be going backward with their styling. The square profile, bland design looks better suited for the '90s than now. The new Sienna gets a more aggressive makeover for the 2011 model year which looks years ahead in terms of design. It's bolder than before with a thin horizontally-slotted grille connected to the headlights in a V-shape. The front fascia is kept free of body cladding unlike the Town and Country and overall looks much cleaner with a coefficient of drag of 0.31 which is impressive for a minivan. | ||
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| The smoother front end of the Sienna give it a better profile than the outdated, squarish Town and Country. It's really a mystery why Chrysler has been designing their vehicles in such a manner. If anything, the old third generation (1996-2000) looked much better than the current iteration. The Sienna on the other hand, looks better than ever. | ||
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| Even the side profile of the Town and Country looks bland. Granted a minivan's profile will probably always look a bit boring, but Chrysler takes the cake in blandness. Toyota was able to style the Sienna with more visual appeal with an angled tailgate, smooth side, and more curves. | ||
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| There's not one angle where the Town and Country doesn't look bland. The taillights are outdated, the D-pillar is oddly designed, and the liftgate is devoid of any special design elements. The Sienna's taillights might not appeal to everybody but at least they try to give people something to look at. The extruded side of the taillights looks a little too long but at least flows into the creased rear fender and the liftgate looks more interesting than the boring Town and Country's. | ||
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| The Sienna trumps the Town and Country in interior styling too. The contemporary design looks modern and sophisticated compared to the square design of the Town and Country. Judging by the center stack, Chrysler needs to take a lesson in ergonomics also because placing buttons that far down is also an inconvenience and takes the driver's eyes of the road. They decided to place huge vents and a dinky analog clock where the controls should go. At least the navigation is placed up high. | ||
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| One of the more innovative features offered in a minivan is Chrysler's Swivel 'n Go seating system. It allows for the second row seats to swivel rearward with a removable table in between. Rear seat passengers are then able to do things they would usually do in their living rooms. The Sienna offers technological innovation with a new 16.4-inch widescreen display with the ability to play two videos at the same time side-by-side or one large video across the whole screen. | ||
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PROS +Bold, clean design +Best looking Sienna yet +Contemporary interior +16.4-inch screen CONS -Compared to the Town and Country, there are none |
PROS +Innovative Swivel 'n Go system CONS -Outdated styling -It's just so bland -Square shape -Poor ergonomics |
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| Video Source: Cars.com via YouTube | Video Source: KBB.com via YouTube |
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