The 2009 Toyota Venza

Kind of looks like a Camtrix. I thought the A-BAT looked good as well.

I dont like is the enormous headlamps and grill. Looks like a Ford to me. But its not that bad. On the otherhand the A-BAT lacks headlamps and grill, well its just me. I would like to see an optional 3rd row seating. I like the glass hatch. I've read that it will come in 4 cyl,

This seems to me like an entirely new platform, the powertrain is itself is nothing similar to any Toyota, or is it?

Toyota's press release says that the Venza will be built at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, where the Camry is built. While the release didn't say so, my guess is that the Venza is based on the Camry platform, like the Highlander. The powertrains are similar to the Camry's as well.

I see many sites that says it will use a 2.7 liter4 cyl, which Toyota uses a 2.7? This will give slightly more power to the current 2.4 in the Camry. I think this may replace the current RAV4s, or reduce the RAV4 sales once this is released. The way I look at it, the RAV4 and Venzas ground clearance are not so much different.

It's amazing how people are suckers for marketing.

These things are all station wagons...

It is a cool-looking vehicle, station wagon or not.

Jeff

Whats wrong with a station wagon?

The Tacoma uses a 2.7 liter 4 cylinder engine, which develops similar horsepower but more torque than the 2.4 liter engine used in the Camry.

That's nice, Ive read good reviews on the Tacoma. But, I wish I could say the same for the 6 spd automatic.

I'm pretty sure that the sequential shift 6 speed automatic used in the Venza will be the transmission that is used in the Lexus ES 350, not the one used in the Tundra.

You mean, like the one your parents drove but you refused to be seen in in your teens?

And now you want one, desperately, to show how cool you are?

Try to get the word "station wagon" out of the mouths of the marketing hucksters. "SUVs". "Crossover vehicles." Yeah, right. Crossover what?

I get it, you dont like the style of the Venza. And yes my family owned a station wagon many years ago. It wasn't bad. I remember hooking up large speakers in the rear, and hangout with my buddies.