{"id":576852,"date":"2010-05-24T17:40:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T21:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=57461"},"modified":"2010-05-24T17:40:31","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T21:40:31","slug":"report-minivan-segment-making-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/576852","title":{"rendered":"Report: Minivan segment making a comeback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_57462\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 573px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57462\" title=\"2011 Toyota Sienna\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/2011_toyota_sienna_side_main_a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">2011 Toyota Sienna<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chrysler, Toyota, Honda and Nissan are all planning to bring new-generations of their minivans to the market this year and in early 2011. According to some, the segment may be on its way to making a comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Automotive site <em>Edmunds.com<\/em> said that there is an increase in Web traffic searching for minivans on its website. In recent months, <em>Edmunds<\/em> has seen 2 to 3 percent of consumers checking out minivans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is definitely a peak in interest,&#8221; said Ivan Drury, an Edmunds.com analyst. &#8220;Our assumption is that there has been some talk in public about new minivans coming, and consumers want to read about them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autobytel.com\/content\/research\/chooser\/index.cfm\/action\/SelectTrim\/make_vch\/Toyota\/model_vch\/Sienna\/cat\/Any\/year_si\/0\/minprice\/0\/maxprice\/999999\/mpg\/any\/id\/31622\"><strong>Click here to get prices on the 2011 Toyota Sienna<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>LeasTrader.com is also seeing a jump in the demand for minivans on its website. The site reported a 23 percent increase in visitors searching for minivans in April.<\/p>\n<p>The minivan segment in the U.S. passed the million-year mark in 1993 before peaking in 200 at 1,371,234. In 2008, automakers sold just over 600,000 units and last year the number came in at 450,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011 Toyota Sienna<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2011_toyota_sienna_press_images_001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Toyota  Sienna\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2011_toyota_sienna_press_images_001-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Toyota Sienna\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2011_toyota_sienna_press_images_003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Toyota  Sienna\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2011_toyota_sienna_press_images_003-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Toyota Sienna\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2011_toyota_sienna_press_images_002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Toyota  Sienna\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2011_toyota_sienna_press_images_002-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Toyota Sienna\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2011_toyota_sienna_press_images_004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2011 Toyota  Sienna\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2011_toyota_sienna_press_images_004-128x84.jpg\" alt=\"2011 Toyota Sienna\" width=\"128\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-57461\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157622922889638%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157622922889638%2F&amp;set_id=72157622922889638&amp;jump_to=\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&amp;lang=en-us&amp;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157622922889638%2Fshow%2F&amp;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fegmcartech%2Fsets%2F72157622922889638%2F&amp;set_id=72157622922889638&amp;jump_to=\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Stephen Calogera<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autonews.com\/article\/20100524\/RETAIL\/305249923\/1251#ixzz0osvBjprW\">Automotive News<\/a> (Subscription Required)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cE-Z3ehLERg5cbfmYztCIfyeGWI\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cE-Z3ehLERg5cbfmYztCIfyeGWI\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cE-Z3ehLERg5cbfmYztCIfyeGWI\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cE-Z3ehLERg5cbfmYztCIfyeGWI\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=RT77s1BUiro:9XoNWPQbQtE:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=RT77s1BUiro:9XoNWPQbQtE:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=RT77s1BUiro:9XoNWPQbQtE:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=RT77s1BUiro:9XoNWPQbQtE:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=RT77s1BUiro:9XoNWPQbQtE:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=RT77s1BUiro:9XoNWPQbQtE:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=RT77s1BUiro:9XoNWPQbQtE:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2011 Toyota Sienna Chrysler, Toyota, Honda and Nissan are all planning to bring new-generations of their minivans to the market this year and in early 2011. According to some, the segment may be on its way to making a comeback. Automotive site Edmunds.com said that there is an increase in Web traffic searching for minivans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576852\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}