With its clean, conventional looks, the Sienna is a classic minivan with subtle touches of sport-utility styling. The long, sloping nose is unmistakably minivan, but square lines elsewhere -- particularly when viewed from the rear -- recall a sport-utility vehicle. Where many minivans display vast sweeps of metal, the Sienna has a relatively even proportion of glass to metal, another SUV characteristic.Sienna uses a stretched version of the Camry platform. It is built on the same Georgetown, Kentucky, assembly line as the Camry. Basing the Sienna on the Camry results in nice road manners. It also makes it less expensive to design and build -- a win-win situation for carmaker and buyer. These savings allow Toyota to bring the price of the Sienna closer to the norm for the class. Sitting in the driveway, the Sienna looks neat and compact. Its just-right size fits in between the Chrysler Town & Country and Voyager. The Sienna is 6 inches narrower inside than the Chrysler minivans.
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