By Barbara & Bill Schaffer Normally we try to take road trips when we get an exciting luxury car or an especially fun car. A few weeks ago we?d put the cart before the horse and found a couple of nights available at our favorite time-share resort at Depoe Bay overlooking the Oregon coast. The…
?2015 Toyota Sienna SE? A minivan to be reckoned with Toyota unveiled their third generation Sienna minivan for 2011 at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show, and it has continued to evolve, driving more like a sedan and conforming to the latest thinking in personal comfort, while easily accommodating cargo with a high degree of…
Road trip! During a typical year we each fly 30 to 50 flights, but as automotive journalists, we only have time to make perhaps three to five road trips each year.? What?s wrong with this picture? Most of our driving time is centered on getting a feel for the two new cars we get each…
When you have a K&N Pro Series West NASCAR race team staying at your house and you are ferrying them back and forth to the track for a few days, it is certainly nice to have a minivan to carry seven adults and their backpacks. This has become an annual event for us when Barb?s…
San Francisco ? Like a pair of sensible shoes, the minivan has long had the stigma of being practical but not very stylish.? For 2011, Toyota has advanced in both the styling column and the practical column with a new, from the ground up, third generation minivan.? Building on the a reputation that most often…
