Toyota updated its Sienna minivan for 2025 and added important safety tech as well as several comforts. It’s also hybrid only with available all-wheel-drive!

What’s new

Toyota updated its Sienna minivan for the 2025 model year and stuffed it full of new features. To start, the Sienna now offers a system called the advanced rear seat reminder system. Using radar technology, the system scans the minivan for any movement after vehicle shut down and systematically escalates warnings over the course of several minutes. It will even call you!

Yes, you can shut the system off. If, say, you have the windows down and a dog hanging out. But, for over stressed, over worked, under rested adults, this system could prove a life saver.

Thankfully, Toyota added comfort to the Sienna as well. Mainly in the form of a fridge. Not an A/C vent channeled to small storage space, but an actual refrigerator that will reach freezing temperatures if you ask it to. Toyota calls it the fridge box and says it will hold six bottles of water or many popsicles.

Considering the potential mess, the new Sienna now includes a built-in vacuum as well. Tucked into the back of the lower center console. The flexible tube will reach to all corners of the interior. And a small container pops out to empty the vacuum. Both it and the fridge box come as standard on the Platinum trims and optional on the Limited trim Sienna’s

After all of that cleaning, you need to relax. Thankfully, Toyota bolted up second row lounge, captain’s chairs that include all kinds of adjustability and La-Z-Boy style leg rests that extend out. It’s properly comfortable.

Powertrain

Of course, the Sienna is also a vehicle. Power comes from a 2.5-liter hybrid system that delivers a total of 245 horsepower. The engine provides most of the power, 189 HP and 176 lb.-ft, but the main electric motor gets close, offering up to 180 HP and, actually, the most torque at 199 lb.-ft. If you wish to go all wheel drive, Toyota will mount a second electric motor to deliver 54 HP and 89 lb.-ft of torque to the rear axle for added traction. Fuel economy is in the mid-thirties.

inside

Inside, higher spec trims offer a fully digital, 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and a second, also 12.3-inch center display. The latter enables wireless Apple CarPlay and Android connectivity as well as a wireless smartphone charger. Limited and Platinum trims add a 10-in head up display to the mix. You can also warm up or cool off with heated and ventilated seats.

conclusion

The base price for the base, front-wheel-drive, 2025 Toyota Sienna LE trim starts at $39,185, about $1500 more than a 2024 model year equivalent. If the other trims follow suit, that puts the top-of-the-line Platinum trim at around $55K.

That’s a lot of money.  But, man, that’s a lot of cool stuff too.

Specifications:

2025 Toyota Sienna
Base price: $39,185
Price as Tested: $55,000 (estimated)

Powertrain: 2.5-liter I-4 hybrid
Engine Power: 189 horsepower at 6000 rpm
Engine Torque: 176 lb.-ft  at 4400 rpm
Front Electric Motor Power: 180 horsepower
Front Electric Motor Torque: 199 lb.-ft
Rear Electric Motor Power: 54 horsepower
Rear Electric Motor Torque: 89 lb.-ft
Total System Power: 245 horsepower
Transmissions: electronically controlled continuously variable transmission
Drive: front- or all-wheel-drive

Fuel Economy in MPG and range
34-36 City
36 Highway
35-36 Combined

Dimensions
Length: 203.7 inches
Width: 78.5 inches
Height: 68.5 inches
Wheelbase: 120.5 inches

Weights and Capacities
Curb weight: 4610 – 4725 lbs.  
Interior volume: 160 – 163 cu ft (with or without moonroof)
Cargo volume (All/3^rd/2^nd and 3^rd rows folded): 34/75/101 cu ft

Calculated weight to power (lbs./HP): 18.8:1-19.3:1
Mfr’s claimed 0-60 mph: NA seconds
Mfr’s claimed Top Speed: NA mph
Government classified size: minivan Options: NA

Toyota also has a new hybrid sedan, check out the 2025 Toyota Camry