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When it comes to members of the family haulers, nothing surpasses a minivan. And when it comes to minivans, its challenging to defeat the 2013 Chevy Sienna. As youd anticipate of any contemporary minivan, the Sienna provides a huge internal and an discomfort of wealth as far as available high-class and comfort functions go. But its the Siennas amazing mixture of improvement, performance, petrol performance and stability that force it to the top side of this section.

This season recognizes the four-cylinder motor decreased from the list. Though we liked the way the Sienna forced with this light and portable motor, we think about the number of customers who chosen it has been fairly little, given the point that it got fairly much the same petrol usage as the economical but much more highly effective V6. There are also a few new conventional functions, as the LE choices up triple-zone automated heating and cooling while the XLE and Restricted obtain a blind-spot tracking program.

Speaking of cut stages, the Sienna provides quite the wide range, such as the SE with its sport-tuned revocation and competitive design modifications that do their best to make the minivan look awesome. If a first-class cottage is more to your preference, youll be satisfied to know that splendid luxuries such as recliner-style sitting for the second row and a back movie enjoyment program wearing a huge split-screen observe are available.

The 2013 Chevy Sienna minivan comes in five trim levels: base L, LE, SE, XLE and Restricted. The LE and XLE come in seven- and eight-passenger configurations; the L and Restricted are seven-passenger only and the SE is eight-passenger only. All cuts come with front-wheel generate, while the LE, XLE and Restricted can also be had with all-wheel generate.

The Sienna L includes 17-inch metal tires, moving back gates with power-down windows, triple-zone air-conditioning, full energy accessories, a telescopic leader, cruise management and a four-speaker audio program with a CD player and an reliable audio jack.

The LE contributes a roof holder, power-sliding side gates, energy back liftgate, privacy glass, warmed outside decorative mirrors, steering-wheel-mounted audio manages, floor- and overhead-mounted management sports consoles, an auto-dimming rearview reflection, triple-zone automated heating and cooling, an eight-way energy car owner seat, a four-way energy traveler seat, energy car owner back support, second- and third-row sunshades, a 3.5-inch display (including a back-up monitor), Wireless (phone and loading audio) and a six-speaker audio program with satellite radio and an iPod/USB user interface.

The sport-themed SE is equipped in the same way to the LE but contributes more competitive design thanks to 19-inch metal tires, a exclusive front side ligament (with foglights, capable places and a larger air intake), lower body cloths and colored head- and taillights. The SE also has stronger revocation adjusting, improved energy guiding and a energy liftgate. Inside the SE are leatherette/cloth furniture, exclusive instruments and a leather-wrapped leader.

The Sienna XLE contributes a number of luxury features to the LEs list of services, along with a exclusive metallic-gray grill place, automated front lights, a sunroof, a tow prepare package, an sound windows, a sightless spot observe, set furniture, wood-grain interior trim, warmed front side seats and auto-up/down energy windows.

Every Chevy Sienna comes with a 3.5-liter V6 that provides 266 horse power and 245 pound-feet of twisting and which pushes the top part tires through a six-speed automated gearbox. The Sienna LE, XLE and Restricted designs can also be had with all-wheel generate.

Antilock cd braking system, balance and grip management, front-seat part protection bags, full-length part layer protection bags, a driver-side joint airbag and effective front part head constraints are standard on all 2013 Chevy Sienna designs. A package that contains effective vacation management, a pre-collision caution program and mountain start assist is optionally available on the Restricted. At our test track, a Sienna Restricted ceased from 60 mph in 127 legs -- about average for the minivan area.

In government accident examining, the Sienna obtained an overall ranking of four celebrities out of five. It got three celebrities for overall front accident security and five celebrities for overall part accident security. In assessments by the Insurance Institution for Highway Safety, the Sienna gained a top ranking of "Good" for its performance in frontal-offset, side-impact and roof-strength accident assessments.

Lower cut levels of the Sienna are magnificently clothed with high-quality material furniture, while higher-end designs get set along with faux-wood cottage accessories. Some of the plastic materials experience a bit downmarket, though, while others -- such as the deliberately rough-textured plastic on the sprint -- are simply odd. Sitting is luxurious, theres numerous storage space and the Siennas controls are user-friendly.

On the gadgets front part, the Siennas available routing program contains Entune, a package of smartphone-connected services that contains functions like the Google online search engine, The planet pandora loading stereo, real-time traffic, sports and stock information. The touchscreen display screen user interface is pretty easy to use, but sometimes the exclusive buttons late reaction to touch information can be annoying. We do like the available rear-seat enjoyment program, which functions a split-screen observe that allows two different media (e.g., a movie on one part and a video gaming on the other) to play at the same time.

With a seven-passenger Sienna, you get second-row captains seats that tip up to allow simpler accessibility the third row; these seats also have a long-slide feature to increase legroom for higher travelers. However, the seats do require a reasonable amount of effort to glide, and eliminating them is a job best left to two people, as they are rather large and uncomfortable. The eight-passenger edition comes with a 40/20/40-split second-row regular whose center area slips close to the top part seats for simpler accessibility the little one sitting there.

If you choose a model fixed with the outdoor living room seats, the second-row travelers get to lie down in La-Z-Boy-style comfort, offered the seats are slid back far enough (and the top part seats are up far enough) to allow the built-in footrests to come up all the way. With the second-row seats out and the third row stowed, the Sienna provides a massive 150 cubic legs of highest possible freight potential.

Weve lengthy been satisfied with the Siennas V6, which has the fruit juice to provide vibrant speeding whether youre bopping around town tasks or quickly getting up to visiting rate on the highway. The smart six-speed automated does a great job at keeping the forced on tap, yet the mixture still controls to offer decent petrol usage offered one isnt too large on the accelerator.

The 2013 Chevy Siennas high high quality of drive is luxurious, and managing is qualified in all editions. The SEs recalibrated revocation helps it offer more nimble managing with a somewhat stronger (though still comfortable) high high quality of drive. The guiding is common Chevy, significance accurate if somewhat insensitive, though the SE offers a meatier experience to the guiding action.