One factor to like about minivans are the second-row seats. They’re simple to entry, because of the massive sliding doorways on all sides. And each minivan presents not less than one second-row design with some kind of celebration trick. The non-hybrid Chrysler Pacifica’s Stow ‘N Go seats fold into the ground. The Honda Odyssey’s outboard seats slide not solely fore and aft, however inboard and outboard, whereas its center seat could be simply eliminated. The Kia Carnival has luxurious VIP Lounge seats or what we dubbed “Captain Kirk chairs.”
You possibly can examine all of the Sienna’s accessible second-row seat setups in our 2023 Sienna evaluation, however let’s take a deep dive into the final word choice: the Tremendous Lengthy Slide second-row seats with built-in leg relaxation which might be present in our long-term 2023 Toyota Sienna Platinum. They make for very snug passengers. When you do not have passengers, they permit you to benefit from the cargo house with out having to take away the seats fully.
Let’s verify ’em out.
These seats can slide ahead and again a complete of 25 inches. Above, I’ve the seat at a standard place, a superb steadiness for second-row consolation whereas nonetheless permitting for passengers within the third row. When you look shut, you will see three handles alongside the facet of the seat. This will get complicated. The underside one unlocks the seat to slip freely. The lever above it adjusts the angle of the seatback, whereas the one larger up on the precise seat cushion deploys the footrest.
Right here, the seat is slid way back to it’s going to go, offering tons of legroom, excellent for busting out that ottoman and kicking up your ft.
The seat backside is formed to partially slide previous the intrusion from the wheel nicely, permitting that nice vary of movement.
That is so far as the second-row seat will transfer ahead in its regular place. There’s extra monitor that it might transfer ahead alongside, but it surely’s blocked by the driving force’s seat.
When you actually wish to squeeze it ahead to supply extra cargo house behind it, you’ll be able to fold the seat cushion up with the identical lever you utilize to fold the seatback ahead. That offers you probably the most doable room behind the seat.
One other function that permits such mobility of the seats is the combination of the seatbelt into the shoulder of the seatback. Simply watch out, although: that housing may give your skull a superb wallop when folding up the seat. Sure, not less than one brow was harmed within the making of this evaluation.
The Tremendous Lengthy Slide seats are commonplace in all Sienna trims however the base LE, and the ottomans come within the twenty fifth Anniversary Version, Restricted and Platinum trims. You possibly can take a more in-depth take a look at the Sienna’s sliding second-row seats on this video, or, for significantly better manufacturing high quality, in Editor-in -Chief Greg Migliore’s walkaround of our long-termer, beneath. The seat dialogue begins on the 5:17 mark.
