Toyota’s New Venza
There are a growing number of vehicles available today that defy convention. It used to be that cars were cars, trucks were trucks, and when anybody needed truck space with people-carrying ability, the minivan was the answer. Now, there are sport utilities posing as people-movers, and there are some trying their hardest to impersonate a sports sedan.
One such vehicle is the new Toyota Venza. The Venza is Toyota’s attempt at trying to be everything for everybody. It’s not particularly good at one thing, but is good enough at a lot of things…like most Toyota’s actually.
The Venza looks like a big wagon, with the typical two-box design of most SUVs and crossovers. The front is highlighted by the now familiar Toyota family grille, with dynamically-shaped headlights. It sits on low profile rubber with 20-inchers coming standard with the V6. The wheels just enhance the car’s dynamic lines…lines which though a bit busy, mask all of the vehicle’s girth.
This is the first Toyota that was designed, developed, and engineered totally in America, and it shows. The size, the standard feature list, everything says it was meant for this side of the world.
With the Venza, Toyota has made another car that will do everything well enough for almost everybody.