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"  The 2012 Toyota Venza has been recalled. To see if your model is included, visit Toyota&amp;#039;s recalls page for more details. Track Performance: A Road Performance: C+ Ease of Use: A- Comfort and Roominess: B+ The Venza is among the more practical crossovers we tested, with all the benefits of Toyota&amp;#039;s family-friendly cars, from its spacious interior to its smooth and easy ride. The Venza turned in the best scores in Car and Driver&amp;#039;s performance testing too, so you can be assured it offers the great power and braking you need to navigate the road confidently. The Venza is more expensive than comparable crossovers, but it&amp;#039;s a great family car with the space of an SUV, and the practicality and feel of a station wagon. Driving Experience Starting with the 2012 model, the Venza offers a diverse range of models with plenty of price and feature combinations. Beyond selecting between the different trim levels, you can choose between a four-cylinder or V6 engines as well as front- or all-wheel drive. Though it may not be as rugged as some SUVs, the V6 engine in our test model offered plenty of pep for speedy acceleration. (In fact, the Venza was fastest to go from 0 to 60 of all the vehicles in our test.) It&amp;#039;s also excellent at braking, stopping in the shortest distance of any cars tested. One potential concern: The Venza didn&amp;#039;t hug the road as much as other crossovers in tight turns, it still turned in the overall best track performance score of any vehicle in our test. And all that power in the V6 means the Venza was noticeably the loudest car to drive, whether idling or cruising. When it came to driving off the track, the Venza didn&amp;#039;t do as well. Shifting was fluid, but handling pushed it closer to the back of the pack; this crossover wasn&amp;#039;t the smoothest over bumps and a wider turning radius may make parking harder in tight spots. The Venza offers decent visibility, but its undersized back windows make for larger blind spots than we&amp;#039;d like. Among the tested cars, fuel economy was average for the V6, slightly better for the 4-cylinder. Infotainment System &amp;amp;amp; Controls The Venza&amp;#039;s infotainment system was good, largely thanks to excellent navigation options and impressive voice recognition. The steering wheel controls were simple to use while driving; we found them clear and large, and the layout was simple to boot. However, the dashboard controls were less intuitive; we found it particularly tricky to find the auxiliary in (to plug in devices like your iPod) and we were disappointed in the phone pairing process, which required manual commands instead of syncing automatically. A small LCD made menus even harder to navigate and more difficult to read. Interior &amp;amp;amp; Design The Venza was one of the larger crossovers in our test, and it showed when it came to interior space. There&amp;#039;s plenty of storage room (though the trunk itself is a bit stingy) and even the usually unpopular middle back seat is comfortable, despite the jutting center console that takes up some of the legroom. Even counting the large console, the width of the car allows plenty of space for the driver and passenger. And if you&amp;#039;re toting around little ones, you&amp;#039;ll also be happy to hear that the Venza was one of the easiest vehicles when it came to car-seat installation. Fuel Economy (city/highway/combined): 18/25/21 Size Class: Crossover Base Price: $28,510 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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