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One thing I loved living in Japan was availability of minivans that were actually small. The Toyota Sienta (note: not sienna) had 7 seats while being built on t
by SECProto 3y ago
One thing I loved living in Japan was availability of minivans that were actually small. The Toyota Sienta (note: not sienna) had 7 seats while being built on the Vitz (Yaris) platform. 3 feet shorter than a north american minivan, a foot narrower, and an engine roughly half the displacement (but still could go highway speeds without issue). I would happily upgrade from a small hatchback to one of those.
- yamtaddle 3y agoYeah, such cars are hard to find in the US and I'd hesitate to buy one, personally, given the ever-increasing size and weight of the average car on the road, mostly from trucks and SUVs. I don't want to pack my family into a car with little crumple-room and low weight, on American highways. Cracking this chicken-egg will require forcing huge-ass vehicle ownership down first, and good luck with that in the US. :-(
- tetromino_ 3y agoWhat's the leg room and seat width in those things? I am wondering whether a three-row Yaris could comfortably fit a modern American man - tall and with borderline-obese BMI - in any of its 7 seats.
- fomine3 3y ago3rd seats on JDM subcompact minivans are small even for Japanese, so like for children or emergency. It's fine for the purpose. https://youtu.be/8KHrR0FKs9Q?t=1223 https://youtu.be/8KHrR0FKs9Q?t=1223 2nd seat leg and head room is great, but possibly the seat size is a bit small for US fat people.
- SECProto 3y agoYep, that video shows it well! Third row is a little tight, but I'm 6'1" and sat there for a 5 hour drive with my duffel on my lap, haha. I think I had it better than the three larger folks sharing the middle row. So it would fit 4 adults and two kids quite comfortably (and for the discussion at hand, it would fit a family of 6 or 7 just fine, just have to keep luggage down as the back seats take up much of the trunk)