Toyota Venza Reviews

Toyota Venza Reviews: The yin to the Honda Crosstour's yang, Toyota's Venza enters 2013 with gently modified exterior styling, a number of new typical ease features, and a touch of upgraded alternative packages.


Toyota Venza Reviews


On the Outside

Up front, the Venza's grille is a bolder, cleaner analysis of its original chrome plan. The lower inlet professions egg-crate mesh for a much more typical crosshatch pattern and is currently ringed in chrome. The haze lights remain set right into the reduced fascia, today showcase changed chrome borders.

Three new shades-- Perspective Black, Cypress Pearl, as well as Planetary Gray Mica-- join the Venza's choices for 2013, with a collection of freshly designed 19-inch wheels rounding out the outside updates. The V-6 equipped design includes 20-inch, five-spoke alloys as standard.

Innovation

The big news in Venza technology for 2013 is the arrival of the Entune multimedia system. Targeted at incorporating mobile phones and the vehicle's navigating, home entertainment, as well as details services, Entune supports a host of mobile applications, consisting of Bing, movietickets.com, Pandora, and also iHeartRadio.

Tailored

Toyota asserts the getting process has been simplified and worth enhanced for 2013 with the addition of many common functions to all 3 trim levels: LE, XLE, as well as Limited. The Venza LE includes a blind-spot mirror and outer mirror turn-signals with puddle lights. A dual-zone automatic climate control system with second-row-seat vents, a 3.5-inch LCD multi-information display, a 6.1-inch touch-screen infotainment interface, an auxiliary audio jack, a USB port, a six-speaker stereo, and also Bluetooth connection round out the LE's attributes.

The XLE includes nav as well as Entune, leather-trimmed and heated front seats, pushbutton beginning, a power liftgate, a back-up camera, as well as an anti-theft system. The Limited expands the 6.1-inch infotainment screen to a complete 7 inches and also includes an updated nav system, a scenic glass roof covering, and HID headlamps.

LE and also XLE versions are available with either of the two engine alternatives: a 181-hp, 2.7 liter four-cylinder or a 268-hp, 3.5-liter V-6 with either front- or all-wheel drive. The Limited is powered only by the V-6 engine in either front- or all-wheel-drive setups.

Calling the 2013 Venza "brand-new" would be a stretch, as well as Toyota agrees: It describes the modifications as "significant updates," a statement with which we can concur in good conscience.

Toyota Venza Generations Explained

Significant redesigns take place every five years approximately; very little adjustments between. Splitting them right into generations offers even more purposeful distinctions in the buying process.