The Toyota Venza, making its international debut in 2009, was built upon the platform of the Camry and the Highlander. However, the crossover offers a more upscale rendition than Toyota Camry. Also, it is carefully fitted with more advanced designs and features than the Toyota Highlander. It is also more utilitarian than most regular cars and almost close to a luxury car. Although it is smaller and rides lower than a typical SUV, it is loaded with characteristics of a regular SUV.
The Venza is a tall car with a cleverly designed interior offering plenteous leg and head rooms. The crossover is mostly an upscale family car endued with sufficient capacity to handle driving terrains for which SUVs are preferred. Simply put, it is a comfortable runabout car for drivers of every class.
In this article about the 2010 Toyota Venza, Naijauto.com is going to limit the topic of discussion to the Toyota Venza 2010 performance review. Having driven a number of Toyota Venza and gotten first-hand impressions of it, our team of car experts has the following to say about the overall performance of the 2010 Toyota Venza.
We were mostly impressed by the stability display of the 2010 Toyota Venza on slippery roads. Overall, it offers quite a smooth and quiet ride. Although the Venza slides like a sedan, it offers some SUV attributes such as its high raised comfortable seats that makes it a unique car.
1. 2010 Toyota Venza engine, transmission, and fuel economy
The 2010 Toyota Venza is available in two variants of 2.7L 4-cylinder engine and a 3.5L V6 engine. Its 4-cylinder engine is capable of cranking out a 182 hp and 182 lb-ft of torque. The V6 variant, on the other hand, producing a bolting 268 hp and 246 lb-ft torque.
Either engine variants of the 2010 Toyota Venza is matched with a 6-speed automatic transmission and is available in either all-wheel-drive AWD or front-wheel-drive (FWD) configurations.
Surprisingly, both engine variants of the Venza boast of decent fuel economies, considering its near-luxury attribute.
The 2.7L 4-cylinder engine variant gets an EPA estimate of 21 mpg and 29 mpg for city and highway driving respectively. On the other hand, its 3.5L V6 engine variant gets an EPA estimate of 18 mpg and 25 mpg for city and highway driving respectively.
2. 2010 Toyota Venza trims
This Toyota Venza 2010 performance review will not be complete without mentioning that there is only one Venza Base trim but with configurations of either all-wheel-drive (AWD) or front-wheel-drive (FWD) configurations.
The four configurations of the 2010 Toyota Venza you are likely to find in the marketplace include:
- Base 4dr Front-wheel Drive
- Base 4dr All-wheel Drive
- Base V6 4dr Front-wheel Drive
- Base V6 4dr All-wheel Drive
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