Toyota has created a track-tuned minivan. No, it's not a tongue-in-cheek joke like the infamous "Swagger Wagon" ad campaign, which featured hip-hop singing suburban families ironically proving the Toyota Sienna could be "cool." This time, the automaker is serious.
Track-tuned Toyota Camry stock cars already perform admirably in NASCAR, so why not give the lineup's all-star minivan the same treatment? The result was the Toyota Sienna R-Tuned.
- Race-tuned shocks
- Custom front alignment
- Custom cold air intake
- 18x10-inch wheels with wheel spacer
- Radial performance tires
- Heavy-duty brakes
- Carbon-fiber hood
- 4-point roll bar
- Race seats and 6-point harness
These are only a few of the improvements made to get the minivan ready to compete in One Lap of America -- a race dating back to 1984. The race covers a dozen states, with over 2,800 miles of travel condensed into seven days, interspersed with 17 separate timed and head-to-head events. The comfortably road-trip worthy Sienna minivan had a chance to shine both on the track and off.
Out of 75 entrants, the Sienna R-Tuned ranked 21st overall, which is not bad at all considering the competition was populated by much lighter sports cars with lower centers of gravity, and that the Sienna R-Tuned was running on the van's stock engine, a 3.5-liter, 300-horsepower V6.
Do you need to haul up to 150 cubic feet of cargo for home projects, or outdoor adventures? Do you have kids, extended family, or a group of friends to chauffer? Then visit Toyota Of Plano to test drive the ultimate vehicle for combining utility with driving fun -- and be sure to check out used Sienna models for sale as well!
