The Sienna comes in 7-seat and 8-seat versions. The 7-seat version has two reclining bucket seats in the middle, each with a pop-out footrest. It could be a very relaxing way to travel, but an adult would not have adequate legroom to use the footrest unless the front seat were moved all the way forward. Unlike the Honda Odyssey, the 7-seat version does not allow the right middle seat to be moved into the center of the car. So a mom driving with a baby in the middle cannot move the kid within arm’s reach.
How about the 8-seat version? The 8th seat is comically small and yoked to the left middle seat. It is actually too small to hold a standard child seat and lacks the LATCH attachment system. Securing a child seat in the 8th seat using a seat belt is awkward. You can’t move the baby forward without moving the left middle seat so far forward that there is almost no legroom. And then if you want to have anyone be able to get in and out of the rearmost seats the right middle seat also needs to move really far forward. The salesman said “This really isn’t the best seating option.”
Toyota Sienna
Toyota Sienna
Toyota Sienna
Toyota Sienna
Toyota Sienna
