The
Toyota Venza is a
mid-size crossover SUV produced by Japanese automaker
Toyota and unveiled at the 2008
North American International Auto Show in
Detroit.
Based on the Toyota FT-SX
concept car unveiled at the 2005
North American International Auto Show, the Venza was primarily engineered at
Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and designed at the
Calty Design studios in Newport Beach, California.
It is currently slotted in size and price between the
RAV4 compact crossover SUV, and the
Highlander mid-size crossover SUV that has third-row seating. However, the Venza is an inch longer than the Highlander and for the 2009-2010 model years, the base Venza's MSRP was $1000 USD higher than the base Highlander.