2023 Toyota Venza Review: This Will Shock You… NEW Video

The 2023 Toyota Venza impresses with its upmarket interior, intuitive tech features, fuel-efficient powertrain and polished driving dynamics, but its bold styling sacrifices a bit of practicality.

Yes, the 2023 Venza is a fine option if you’re shopping for a hybrid SUV. The Venza sports a zippy and fuel-efficient hybrid system that can return up to 40 mpg in the city and 37 mpg on the highway. It’s comfortable and relaxing to drive, and its interior has a Lexus-like appearance with quality materials, cushy seats and a sleek, intuitive infotainment system. The Venza is packed with convenience and safety features as well.

On the downside, the Venza doesn’t offer as much passenger and cargo space as its rivals, and it’s not rated for towing. But if you value comfort, technology and great fuel efficiency, the Venza is an excellent pick.

All that said, the Venza’s engine is rather noisy, and its coupelike roofline – albeit stylish – minimizes back-seat space and cargo room.

Its standard hybrid powertrain—a 2.5-liter four-cylinder with three electric motors—is essentially the same as the RAV4 Hybrid’s. That propulsion system endows the Venza with standard all-wheel drive and fuel economy that blows away the EPA ratings of V6 powered rivals such as the Honda Passport and Nissan Murano. The Venza’s cabin also provides more impressive features than those two, including an optional panoramic sunroof made from an electrochromic glass that can shift from transparent to opaque at the touch of a button. Unfortunately, neither the Venza’s sharp-looking sheetmetal nor its wow-factor roof offsets its shortcomings, which include a smallish cargo area, a buzzy engine, and a cabin that’s tighter on passenger space than the RAV4’s as well as those in many other SUVs in this class.

In this video, we are talking about 2023 Model of The Toyota Venza.

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Performance.

That’s beside the point, but its hybrid system could clip its way to 60 mph on the soft side of seven seconds. A 2.5 liter inline 4 pairs with one of the system’s three motors, and the other two drive the rear wheels for a technically interesting version of all-wheel drive. The system outputs 219 hp with a very smooth and quiet integration of gasoline and electric power. Acceleration can feel slushy or inconsistent due to its electric gearless transmission that hunts around the powerband to optimize efficiency.

The braking sometimes also feels less than linear because of a regen brake setting that comes on first, but it becomes familiar quickly. The Venza largely impresses with its cool and composed driving experience. With softer springs and shocks than the RAV4, the Venza rides with Lexus-like damping and significant insulation from road, wind, and engine noise. The tradeoff is a lack of driving excitement in its handling, but that’s not what motivates Venza in the first place.

Interior.

Based on its dimensions, we expected the Venza’s cabin to be slightly roomier than the smaller Toyota RAV4’s, but in reality, the Venza is slightly smaller inside. Not only is passenger space tighter here than in the RAV4, cargo capacity suffers as well, although most buyers will find it adequate. The Venza is the first Toyota to offer the optional electrochromic panoramic sunroof that the company calls Star Gaze. With the flip of a switch, the sunroof’s glass panels go from transparent to opaque; this is somehow an impressive feature similar to luxury cars. The cargo area is usable and doesn’t look that small in isolation, but at 28.8 cubic feet of space behind the rear seats, it trails the class by a good margin and has a slightly awkward liftover height.

Infotainment Technology.

An 8-inch touchscreen is standard on the Venza and stands proudly atop the SUV’s dashboard; a larger 12.3-inch display is optional on the XLE and standard on the Limited. No matter which display is chosen, Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and Amazon Alexa connectivity are all standard, as well as SiriusXM satellite radio. Upgrading to the larger of the two displays also unlocks in-dash navigation and adds a nine-speaker JBL premium stereo system.

Fuel Economy.

The EPA estimates that the Venza will deliver 40 mpg city and 37 mpg highway, which is almost double the ratings of other two-row mid-size SUVs such as the Passport and the Ford Edge.

Safety.

Every Venza comes with Toyota’s latest suite of safety and driver-assist systems, including automatic emergency braking with pedestrian detection that now senses potential danger from cars, cyclists, and pedestrians when turning at intersections. Also standard are blind-spot monitors, active lane control, adaptive cruise control, automatic high beams, and a rear-seat reminder. Parking sensors and a surround-view camera system are offered—and useful to boost rearward vision that’s compromised by the roofline.

Pricing.

Its estimated price starts at around $35,000.

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