2025 Toyota Sienna hybrid minivan gains safety tech

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2025 Toyota Sienna hybrid minivan gains safety tech


The 2025 Toyota Sienna minivan will continue to offer a standard hybrid powertrain when it reaches dealerships later this fall. When it does, it will cost $39,185 excluding the mandatory destination charge.

The Sienna is the first Toyota to get a more sophisticated rear seat reminder that will eventually roll out to some of the automaker’s other models. This uses radar to detect movement in the rear seats even after the vehicle is turned off and locked. A refrigerated bin and a vacuum cleaner also join the options list.

For 2025, the Sienna also gains wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, USB-C charge ports, and an upgraded wireless device charger. A 12.3-inch touchscreen is available in all but the base LE grade (which gets an 8.0-inch screen), while a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster is available on the XSE, Woodland Edition, Limited, and Platinum grades.

All Sienna models continue to use the same 2.5-liter inline-4 hybrid powertrain that became standard fare with the minivan’s most recent redesign (for the 2021 model year), rated at 245 hp. The Sienna remains the only minivan with a standard hybrid powertrain, as well as the only hybrid minivan available with all-wheel drive (front-wheel drive is standard).

EPA fuel-economy ratings of 36 mpg combined (36 mpg city, 36 mpg highway) for front-wheel drive models are unchanged from the 2024 model year. All-wheel drive models’ 35 mpg combined and 36 mpg highway ratings carry over as well, but city fuel economy sees a 1 mpg dip to 34 mpg.

The Sienna is one of a handful of minivans still available in the U.S. The 2025 Kia Carnival adds a hybrid powertrain option for the first time, while the Chrysler Pacifica remains available as a plug-in hybrid. That leaves the Honda Odyssey as the only minivan not to offer a hybrid powertrain option for 2025.

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