2012 Toyota Sienna Hybrid Review - The 2012 Toyota Sienna is the best minivan for you if Toyota never lost your trust and you’re ready to explore the broadest array of model choices in any minivan lineup. The 2012 Toyota Sienna represents the sophomore season for an all-new Sienna design introduced for model-year 2011. That was the first fully redesigned Sienna in more than seven years. It brought fresh styling, more interior room, new safety features, and class-exclusive La-Z-Boy-style second-row seats.
Should you wait for the 2012 Toyota Sienna or buy a 2011 Toyota Sienna? Little reason to wait because what you see with the 2011 Sienna is very likely what you’d get with a 2012. And shopping for a 2011 allows you to take advantage of unprecedented incentives and discounts still in place as Toyota fights to recapture customer loyalty after 2010’s unintended-acceleration debacle. Toyota may not be so generous by time the 2012 Sienna rolls out.
Akio Toyoda took control of Toyota as President. He almost immediately claimed to drop his predecessor’s 2002 plan to have 15% of world market share — up from 11% in 2002 — and said that Toyota would change its priorities to focus on high-quality, affordable cars. Toyota’s current global capacity is ten million vehicles per year, but the company said it plans to drop its capacity (though it has not). Akio Toyoda said that rapid growth had strained Toyota’s resources and resulted in overcapacity. On the other hand, when Toyota sales slowed, he immediately restored rapid growth by slapping large rebates onto Toyota hoods, so it's hard to know how seriously to take these statements.
