2020 Toyota Sienna

SE trims gain an optional $700 "Nightshade" appearance package offering unique wheels and darkened exterior trim. Apple CarPlay and Amazon Alexa are now standard. See the 2020 Toyota Sienna models for sale near you

Depending on your budget, the SE or the SE Premium models would be our pick, as we think they're the best-driving minivans on the market. We appreciate their more confidence-inspiring steering and controlled suspension. They're also available with most of the same equipment as their LE and XLE counterparts. Altogether, though, the Sienna is badly in need of a redesign, and we suspect an all-new model will debut for the 2021 or 2022 model year. Until then, the current-gen Sienna has a lot of strong points, but it's fallen behind the competition with regard to safety and amenities. Find a Toyota Sienna for sale

The 2019 Toyota Sienna comes in eight trim levels: L, LE, SE, SE Premium, XLE, XLE Premium, Limited and Limited Premium.

The base Sienna L ($32,535) includes 17-in alloy wheels, 3-zone manual climate control, automatic headlights and high beams, forward-collision warning and emergency automatic braking, lane-departure warning and steering assist, adaptive cruise control, a rear-view camera, 7-passenger seating (second-row captain's chairs), cloth upholstery, a height-adjustable driver seat, a 7-in Entune touchscreen interface, smartphone-connected apps (including a streaming navigation app and Siri Eyes Free functionality), Bluetooth, five USB ports and a 4-speaker sound system with a media player interface and an auxiliary audio jack.

The LE ($35,355) takes things up a notch with 8-passenger seating, roof rails, rear privacy glass, easy-clean upholstery, dual power-sliding doors, an 8-way power driver's seat, rear-side sunshades, in-car Wi-Fi, Apple CarPlay, HD Radio, satellite radio and a 6-speaker sound system. It also offers optional AWD, which adds 18-in wheels and keeps 7-passenger seating.

The sporty SE ($38,685) adds more aggressive styling, an improved suspension for better handling, more responsive steering, 19-in alloy wheels, unique styling elements, a power lift gate, leather upholstery, heated front seats, a 4-way power passenger seat and a leather-wrapped steering wheel.

The SE Premium ($44,780) adds a sunroof, a blind spot monitoring system, rear cross-traffic alert, proximity entry and push-button start, a rear-seat entertainment system (includes a Blu-ray/DVD player and an HDMI port), an integrated navigation system and Driver Easy Speak, which broadcasts the driver's voice subtly through the speakers to those in the back rows. (There's also a SE Preferred package that adds all of this except the navigation and rear entertainment systems.)

New to the SE and SE Premium trims for 2020 is the $700 "Nightshade" appearance package, which adds 19-in wheels (18-in on AWD models), a black grille, black door handles, a black spoiler, black mirror caps and black Toyota badges. Four exterior colors are available with the Nightshade package: black, silver, white and red.

The XLE ($38,685) and the XLE Premium ($42,375) are equipped just like their SE counterparts, but they revert to the LE's styling, steering and suspension. The XLE does differ, however, with its 4-way power passenger seating, proximity entry and push-button start and power rear-quarter windows. The XLE Premium differs by having rear parking sensors. There's also an XLE Navigation package that adds rear parking sensors, Driver Easy Speak and the integrated navigation system.

The Limited ($45,430) has all the XLE Premium's features minus the rear-seat entertainment system. It then adds unique 18-in wheels, parking sensors, power-folding and auto-dimming mirrors, front and rear sunroofs, second-row captain's chairs (with recliner-style pop-up footrests and a sliding console), a heated steering wheel, upgraded leather upholstery, driver-memory settings and a 10-speaker JBL sound system. On FWD models, the third-row seat is also power folding.

The Limited Premium ($50,310) adds xenon headlights, automatic wipers and the rear-seat entertainment system.