Toyota Venza AWD V-6 review

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View the full review of the 2009 Toyota Venza AWD V-6.

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At first we found the 2009 Toyota Venza to be a bit off-putting, with its genre-bending form factor. After a week with the Venza AWD V-6, we're convinced that Toyota has hit upon an interesting sweet spot between SUV utility and sedan livability.

Once seated in its spacious cabin, we found even more to like about the Venza, including an impressive cabin tech package that features Bluetooth A2DP audio streaming and a clever center console cable-management system that had us all asking, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Make the jump to check out our full review of the 2009 Toyota Venza AWD V-6.

Topics:: New models

Tags:: Toyota,; Venza,; bluetooth,; a2dp,; crossover,; hi-fi

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by tipoo_ March 9, 2009 3:33 PM PDT

Would have liked a Hybrid option...

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by streamline35 March 9, 2009 7:47 PM PDT: Agreed. It sounds like a good general purpose camry wagon, but 18mpg is too poor for a vehicle like this (though I am curious about the 4 cylinder mileage). There's already a camry hybrid that gets great gas mileage (35mpg vs 24mpg) - a similar type venza hybrid that got at least 30 mpg would be great.; Like this


by jellyrollla March 13, 2009 1:48 PM PDT: Venza in Japanese (pronounced benza) means "toilet seat".

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by October 29, 2009 8:42 PM PDT: Wow, so does this mean that I am sitting in a toilet? Well at least the union hasn't put the toilet out of business like the US car makers. wife's camry 40 mpg, what is that called? Bidet?; Like this Reply to this comment

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