The Toyota Previa Is the Weirdest Minivan Ever
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The Toyota Previa is a minivan -- but it's not just any minivan. It's a really weird minivan. Today I'm reviewing a Toyota Previa to show you why the Previa is the weirdest minivan ever.
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Bro I'm sorry I just saw this video and I can't stop laughing at this comment
People like something they can relate to ..
Cause we know what a real car is
As the saying goes "old but gold"
There's A lot more poor people than rich ones
As “weird” as the car might be, i think modern age vans should really look into bringing back the swivel seats. Those look amazing!
2008-2010 Chrysler Town and Country offered this but it was deemed a safety hazard.
It’s a really cool feature that I’m surprised isn’t in more family vehicles. I can imagine road trips being a breeze while the kids are facing each other with their first gen gameboys linked.
Doug made a video on the Oldsmobile silhouette (dust buster).. It has a child car seat built into the seats in the middle row.
Wish he previewed the previa with the sunroof
Channel name checks out.
It is amazing how cool features die with a whimper .. meanwhile the siena seats are a severe pain in the ass to remove.
This had HUGE sentimental value to my family growing up in the 90s. My family had migrated from Vietnam in the 80s to start their lives anew after the Vietnam war and live the American Dream. The Previa was a HUGE icon for my family's humble beginnings. On my mom's side of the family, she had three sisters who lived on the SAME street with their families and they each owned their own Toyota Previas: a white one, a tan one, and a dark red one. It was my first taste of Americana, being first generation born in America with migrant parents. It is a GOAL of mine to purchase one in the future.
That's awesome. 🙂
So you all were able to afford new vans just after migrating to this country?
@@bigrunts9768 that’s America my guy.
If you're going to get one you should do it now I would say over 95%of them are gone already. I just picked one up for 1 and I'm lovin it
Yup. Same too. We have a 92 previa. Over 300k miles now.
My family bought a white one new in 93. I called it the egg, and I believe the official color name was eggshell. It wasn't supercharged but it was rear wheel drive, and had a moon roof over the front seats and a pretty big sunroof in the back. I learned to drive in it and drove it to high school and college. We sold it at 312,000 miles but I do miss it. Big nostalgia
my family had the same year model/same specs/same color and sold it around 320-330k mile mark as well! Loved sticking my head out of the sunroof as a kid.
Doug finally got around to reviewing his own car.
This is the happiest man on earth
Yes yes UTS MY CAR WOW
He's still riding on the previa. Fake garage!
Ahahahhahaa
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love it when Doug reviews 90s-2000s economy cars
TheGhostofMarley yeah it kinda shows what people were experiencing back then
TheGhostofMarley someone needs to do it
Yeah me too especially when they r in mint condition too.
TheGhostofMarley me too it will be nice if he reviews a true minivan GMC Safari and the Chevy Astro van those are the only two real minivans ever made in fact everything else is a caravan Caravan is made on the stressed-out car frame slightly higher ceilings looks like van Caravan Dodge said it in the name car-a-van
I remember when I worked as an oil change tech at a drive-thru shop we had a Previa come in. The driver refused to get out of his seat (he seemed surprised that the filler cap was under it) when it came time to add new oil, so I had to stand there filling it up while he stayed in his seat all reclined and half folded. It was almost as awkward as his van.
@@stoneylonesome4062 what the fuck
the sexual tension mustve been out of this world
@@ucrain4971hahaha crack me up😊
This is not a weird car. I remember this as a child. WE LOVE IT. Its futuristic, the seating can be optioned to sit like a plane, it has backseat AC adjustable. This was an awesome van.
Finally a proper supercar and not those crappy Ferraris.
Ma man
Not a joke
Yeah all those shitty 2000bhp nissan gtr, the skylines, the supras, this is the REAL BEAST
Who needs a two-wheel drive, NON supercharged Ferrari, when you could have this with AWD and a supercharger? Checkmate, Ferrari.
LaRusso doug a type of guy to give heart to comment which do not have doug a type of guy sentence
"yo, pop the hood!"
*flips driver seat*
I own the jdm version of this with a turbo diesel and can confirm that this happens alot
Hahaha accurate
😂😂😂😂
My wife used to complain when I said "you have to get out I need to get to the engine" :-) ( mine was left hand drive)
@@JonathanLong what version is that I’m new to cars so idk if the names are different
My grandparents ,my aunts family and my family all had one of these. Grew up in Alabama. Our three families took many road trips to TX. Just imagine three space orbs traveling down I-10
I’m imagining this and loving it
@@caleblastname6969 LOL Nice- I'm guessing to Austin?
Is it just me or is it more entertaining to watch videos of cars like this then it is to watch things like lambos, farrarris or even bugattis? Edit: WOAH thanks for all the likes!!!! :)
Def not just you. I don’t even watch those vids anymore lol
Yeah 100 percent agree
Supercar reviews get boring after you watch the first few reviews.
supercars, you've seen one you've seen em all. These videos are always unique
Especially when you are not that interested in cars per se, like me. But I enjoy the weird ones.
Doug is like one of those people who break into a car and only steal the owners manual
@@mmm365 type
And the kind of person that doesn't have the attention span to retain anything the owner's manual says.
He would break into people's cars just to see their quirks and features
Kassidy Styles lol
Lol
Having owned a previa for over 20 years now I can say you found about half of the odd features.
First you don't add or check the oil under the seat unless you are changing the oil. There is a oil tank under the hood. The car monitors the oil level in the engine and if needed pumps some in. It looks like a washer bottle but has big OIL labels.
Next serious engine access is done by taking out the passenger seat, pealing back the carpet and removing most of the hump. In 300,000 miles I have done this once to replace the 25 year old valve cover gasket that was beginning to leak. Odd thing is that you know it is time to do that bit of maintenance by smell. Being a lay down flat 4 banger toyota put a small channel under the valve cover so that when the rubber got old enough to leak the oil would drip into the channel and be directed back onto the catalytic converter where it is burned off. preventing drips under the car. Never seen anything like that outside racing regulations.
The engine also has drive shafts running out both the front and back of the engine. Back to the transmission but the front shaft runs to the front of the car where a pulley assembly runs the alternator, AC compressor, power steering pump, and supercharger (in those fancy models). This puts all of those accessories where you can get at them.
I have the bench middle seat which can also be turned around. We took several cross country trips that way. Kids faced each other and could watch movies and play games together. It also left enough room for 2 medium sized coolers between the bench and the front seats. The bench was also easier to remove than the captains chairs. This left just over 8 feet of dead flat cargo space. Nice for sleeping, moving pianos (several times), and 4X8 seats of plywood and sheet rock. (Too many to count) Moving the seats also leave nice hooks on the floor that work well as tie down points, which I have used to move the occasional motorcycle. (and said piano)
You mentioned towing. Which it does surprisingly well. Better than my 4 runner and another toyota pickup. I think it has to do with the smaller wheels and long wheel base being more stable.
Mine being a 1991 model it doesn't have "no stinking airbags". This give this car the most cavernously huge glove box in history. the spring loaded hatch opens upwards leaving a bucket big enough to fit to put a full face helmet in, with room to spare. Being the product of the 90's Star Trek the next generation styling we have always referred to our previa as the "Space Potato", but the swoopy dash has a function. It moves the center controls back far enough that you can reach them without shifting or stretching.
You have heard good thing about reliability? Quite the understatement. While living in the southwest desert heat has done a number on some of the plastic pieces. This van is truly unkillable. Look around a bit and you find examples approaching 1,000,000 miles.
While we have moved on to a newer, more modern nick nacky, and much more maintenance heavy Odyssey, we keep the Previa around as our utility and teenager vehicle.
Thanks Chris. I'm currently importing one from Japan. The mark 1 AWD supercharged auto version. Should be here in a few weeks. I remember seeing one of these pull up outside the place I was working one Friday evening in the mid nineties. I was agog at how cool it looked. Always wanted one since then. And 25 years later.....
wow long writing -gives certificate-
We had a Previa when i was a Teenager and it was the first Car i drove.
I have to say i loved it for all the things it made different then other cars...we had an older model with the different glovebox that opened like a trunk and even a refrigirator in the middle of the front-footroom. I had so much fun with the turning seats and the cool pop-up opening windows. Sadly we sold it for an RAV4 and we never had any problems with it....it was just quite thirsty i think... i´d like to say i think it was ahead of its time and would do great even today (at least i´s buy one if i could get one) :)
in new zealand we have a lot of these converted to campervans by backpackers, because they are cheap and affordable, throw a double mattress in the back by removing the rear seats, and instant weekend get away vehicle
I have owned 2 of these minivans, and the one I currently own has a front and rear sunroof.
I love the design of the Previa. In my opinion it was one of the most beautiful Minivans ever made.
I prefer the fist gen Sienna, but for some reason it looks smaller than this.
@@damilolaakanni Definitely smaller
nah i think it's hideous
It is my favourite minivan design ever ❤
"Remember if you get in the van you cant turn back"
-Saul Goodman
* red previa pulls up *
i heard these vans last forever
@@bigd3721 but are horrible in crash tests
underrated comment
If Doug DeMuro were a car, it would be a Toyota Previa.
He should do a cameo in Cars 4 as a toyota previa.
So true!!
I was going to comment, "This car is almost as weird as you". Then I realized that could be offensive...
Yeah, you're not going to offend me but please, do try.
What about a VehiCROSS or Lagonda?
Doug the type of guy to fly accross the country to drive a minivan
Doug the type of guys who's always dirty on his knees.
And earn a lot of money doing it...
Sexy girls you say? On the internet? Who knew?
Favorite type a vehicle is a minivan.
@@vika0194 He's a MULTI MILLIONAIRE JUST OFF HIS YOU TUBE INCOME 💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰👢
I *loved* my Toyota Previa when I had one years ago. It always got a second look from anyone who saw it. To quote a friend who sat in the driver's seat to check it out: "This thing looks like Star Trek in here!!"
Funny Previa story:
Moved back to my home state, post-divorce, with the Previa loaded with 3 kids, 2 cats, 1 dog, and all the luggage we could fit without squishing the kids and/or pets.
Took the Previa in for an oil change at the local quick-change place. The following 45-minute scenario occurred:
Me: Here for an oil change. You're going to need me to get out - I'll wait over there.
Mechanic: No, no, ma'am - you stay in the vehicle.
Me: You sure? You *really* do need me to get out for this.
Mechanic: No - you stay in the car.
Me: ..... ok......
Mechanic: (looking under hood, rummaging around....calls 2nd guy over...both are now looking, rummaging around...)
Mechanic: Ma'am, where's the manual?
Me: (handing over the manual) Want me to get out now?
Mechanic: NO. Stay in the car.
Me: (grinning) Ok.....
Mechanic: (paging through manual, mumbling, calls THIRD and FOURTH mechanic over, now 4 guys are under the hood)
Mechanic: Ma'am, we've never seen one of these before. We don't even know how much oil to put in it. And where the hell is the dipstick??
Me: (smiling sweetly) I'm sitting on it. Would you like me to get out NOW??
I had to get out and show them where the dipstick & oil fill were (under the front seat).
That is hilarious, a good example of "The customer is always right."
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7:05
This?
@@greego5952 the full quote is "the customer is always right in terms of taste"
This is one of the best road trip cars ever
It’s 2:05 AM, I have to wake up at 6:30, and I’m watching a Toyota Previa review.
JayATL Bern there bro that's what life is all about lol
I hope you woke up on time
2:00 AM drinking fernet and playing some 90s arcade games with doug in the background
I recommend a sleep aid or drug rehab depending on your situation.
Who else clicked on 6:30 thinking it was a time
Doug is the type of person who holds a business conference inside a 1997 Toyota Previa while his parents drive him and his business partners around.
Erick Portillo is the type of person?
Fail..
@@yashar1991 My kunt is phat and joosey.
Hilarious; brings back memories. My parents had one of these. We use to call it the “Dino egg”
Thing was bullet proof, we drove it the snow in the north east, then moved to Florida, then moved to California. It held up like a champ; until 176k miles it had an oil leak my dad kept ignoring lol and one day it leaked enough to where as soon as he got home and parked it caused a fire and the whole thing burned 🔥 to flames in the driveway.
LOL we called it an egg too
Here in Australia, this is used to haul around a family of large islanders.
Yep lol now they drive imported second hand Nissan highway stars
My family had a Gold Previa just like this one. One of the things I miss the most is listening to the rain on the roof when we were parked somewhere. I loved that old van and I curse the deer that destroyed it.
@Federal Bureau of Investigation my dad hit the deer when it darted out of some under brush at dusk.
Hope you ppl butcher that deer and eat it
I bet the deer isn't a big fan of you, either.
LOL you call that shit a gold mid engine real wheel drive car
@Federal Bureau of Investigation I’m guessing ur not from the northeast?
Doug the type to get great food service at a restaurant and not tip because the waiter/waitress didn't explain the quirks and features of each dish.
Mindful Music LOL that was funny and Doug should explain that he's in a caravan and not a minivan but I don't know if he knows that or not. Caravan car stressed out on a car frame higher ceilings look like a van. Minivan troop minivan built on a truck frame the only two ever to exist are the GMC Safari Minivan and the Chevy Astro van and this is a fact
lol that was hilarious
He doesn't write reviews, he gives doug scores😂
and even if the waiter/waitress gave him the quirks and features of each dish, he would knock off 5$ because he/she didnt say "and remember to check out my column on autotrader"
doug probably gives between 10 to 20 percent. he prob would give 10 percent as an insult
These are the best mini vans ever. I sold my last one ('93) with 410,000km on it, and it was still running years later after doing trips to the Yukon, I'll also add that I cried when I sold it. It took me through so many phases of my life and went on so many great adventures, including going down and back up a mountain forest road that a lot of 4x4's wouldn't do. (I'll admit it was a bit sketchy) I'm about to buy another, and I will never ever sell it. I will drive it til it drops. There's another youtube video out there where a guy (that owns a hummer and other fancy sports cars) calls it the best mini van ever built.
this was my family and i's family car growing up as kids so it's extremely nostalgic for me. It could and would survive pretty much anything you threw it at it. Still going strong after 30 years of regular use. Great car.
As a kid, that would've been awesome to roadtrip in. Even the front passanger seat has a literal desk for a laptop or food from a drive-thru. So luxurious. Exactly what a minivan ought to be.
My mom had this as a kid and this was the BOMB, i was able to spin the back seats and we could play our gameboy colors together between family and friends while going on long drives, it was super fun. We could also just watch traffic behind us while being driven forward, wave at police behind us when you COULD wave at a cop without them thinking you were being kidnapped. This car lasted until 2006 for us until my sister got old enough to drive and totaled it. 200k+ miles
I can confirm that it was awesome - my family went on a roadtrip from Sweden to Denmark in one of those, when I was in my teens. We were 6 persons in the Previa, all of us traveling in the highest level of comfort. This and the Renault Espace should be the measure for all MPVs. Love it!
A supercharged, mid-engined minivan. Definitely a 10/10 for cool factor
Don't forget a manual RWD! Extra cool factor.
@@chrisquick7160 Alltrack, AWD excellence for 1991. XD
My family had one of these throughout most of my childhood. Considering how old and beaten up it was,I’d say it was the toughest vehicle we ever owned. One of most funny problems we had with it was that the sliding door would fall off completely if you slammed it too hard.
Lol
My friends parents had one of these, the week after they got it we drove to Myrtle Beach, I thought it was so cool since it looked so different. Even at 12, I loved cars, whether fast or slow, they all catch my interest! Thank you for this Doug! 👍
that turning chair is perfect to become a Previa Door Gunner
Caravans do it as well but have 2 sliding doors. 2 gunners are better than 1.
Don't give the Taliban any ideas!
Previa's reliability led to Russian 50 cal. machine guns stanchioned above/ on roof, equibalanced to leave pursuers.Think about it! What other vehicle could Chase it?
@@marcbee1234 Talibans actually prefer the toyota hilux because they can mount their pika on it.
Doug, the type of guy who makes me watch a 23 minute video about a Minivan
*EGG*
But I like it!
Supercharged mid engined all wheel drive min van that is
No
You decided to watch it
😩
Another bit of 'weirdness' was the auxiliary drive shaft to also connect the various moving parts in the front of the van. On the whole, fun rig, if a bit underpowered, and actually I dug the kinda futuristic 'Jetsons' vibe, plus you could also fit a full-size BMW motorcycle in back in a pinch!
Wow!
I never thought about owning a van and now I kinda want this.
Doug the type of guy to hold the door open for himself and then say thank you
Allahu Akbar
Doug the type of guy to teach his Uber/Lyft drivers their vehicle's quirks and features.
Miguel Magaña I
LOL
why isn’t this pinned/hearted
I do that
Me too tbh...
Parents had a Toyota Tarago (which was based off the Previa, if not completely identical). Bought in 1990, retired in 2017 with over 900,000kms on it.
Thing was indestructible - circumnavigated and criss-crossed Australia at least 10 times. Sometimes with a full trailer load or a boat. It went on proper “4WD” only trails, climbed sand dunes and crossed mud flats and deserts. It was still working when it retired.
Dashboard design makes sleeping in the front with your feet up (as a passenger) very comfortable.
It actually looks so comfy back there.
"She's not giving me road-head, shes just checking the oil..."
Doubting Thomas 😂😂
Which oil is she checking, the car's or yours? :p
That's the real reason the middle row seats swivel...
revaholic:
Life come from oil?
@@penelopeboivin3191 She may check your oil levels. Check up on other fluids. Test the brakes and suspension. Tighten some bolts, if you ask nicely.
Oil comes From life so maybe it works the other way around, too. Least it'll do is smoothen the process.
Doug is the type of person to read car manuals to make his children fall asleep
How come I never thought of this? It would actually interest me in reading...
Lmao that is hilarious
MotorHead Tech Precious Plum
good one
+Monty Spee good night sweet Prince 😴
My parent had one of these when I was a kid. It was a actually fairly nice and held up really well. It didn't do hills well though - I remember my dad backing up a driveway in the mountains as he was getting more traction in reverse.
My family had a 1st generation Previa (the boxy one from the 80’s) I cant believe they kept the mid engine into the 90’s. My mom always thought that was so weird and was worried about it overheating right underneath her. Also, in that generation, the battery was in the passenger compartment of the rear area, just behind the drivers seat. Accessed through the carpet.
The owner returned after three hours to find Doug had spent the entire time spinning around in the captains chairs to sexy saxophone music and banjo bluegrass.
hashbrowns for hamster - He later sent Doug a bill for new seat bearings
My parents have owned two of these, and still use the second one, which got voted “Coolest Ride” in my sister’s high school senior year book.
falkenlaser. Either your high school class was especially sarcastic, or you grew up in the saddest town ever lmao
@@stevienguyen2047 Subjective thinking... If this was their vehicle in the 1990's, it was a futuristic Buble shaped vehicle in the time of boxy-er shaped mini vans. That would be waaays more cooler than a Ford or Chevy box shaped van. You're reply was sarcastically subjective XD :/
Your sister probably got her cheeks clapped in that ride, just so you know.
@@Terrythetroll. stoopid🤣🤣
@@Terrythetroll. You know this because your mom and sister both had "cheeks clapped" in that same van??? Dayum, that van was so sexy it started a domino effect after what you told us.
The weirdest thing about this minivan was the price. I can remember my dad and me looking for a new minivan when I was a kid, and every midrange minivan was around $20k or so. The Previa was like almost double that.
Ive always appreciated the design of this van, at least from 21 on. I was cutting grass one summer, was walking backwards up the curb of a yard blowing the clippings off the street. Before I knew it I was flying through the air. Thinking one of the guys I was working with was horsing around trying to tackle me, my initial thought was to break out of it. Before I knew what was really going on I landed on my feet, the blower in my hand swung back around and slammed off the bumper of a van. Here the driver had been reading the paper on the steering wheel, sending me flying. So, thank God it was this van and not something else. Or I probably wouldn't be writing this 21 years later.
Doug is the type of guy to drive a supercharged minivan
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+JDM DROOLERS LMAOO
Lmfao Boski!!!!
Jeff the type of guy to make a good doug the type of guy joke
Jeff Boski I
Hot damn so many gold nuggets missed:
The engine is a dry sump set up. The oil reservoir is found under the hood.
Speaking of the hood, under there one would find all the accessories mounted on a giant bracket that was operated by a driveshaft bolted to the front crankshaft pulley. A PTO basically. Toyota called it SADS: "Supplemental Accessory Drive Sys". It was one of the few common failure items, and an expensive fix.
The S/C was only available on 93-97 US Previas.
The supercharger also used an AC compressor like electric clutch. So it could be turned on and off depending on load demands.
The S/C was also available in RWD.
AWD was also available on N/A vans.
The engine is virtually mounted flat.
Middle captain's chairs were an option. Bench seats were standard.
Dual moon roofs were an option. With the front being powered, and the rear being the typical pop up/removable glass. An expensive and rare option.
The first gen was facelofted and still sold in Japan into the early 2000's. The Previa badge continues to live on as a Minivan in Japan to present day.
It is arguably the greatest minivan ever made.
That is all.
Most underappreciated comment in history
No one needs to know this much about a minivan
I agree with everything except your last statement. There is no argument, it is the greatest minivan ever made.
It was hard to do service to Previa?
This is what the internet is for- I now know more about the Previa than I will ever need. Cheers good sir.
I drive a 2005 toyota estima (basically a successor of this one) and I I wish you would review it as well. I loved it. it feels like you are piloting a space ship.
This was my first ever Doug DeMuro video. 4 months ago in quarantine. I’ve been hooked ever since. Love your videos!
Doug is the type of guy to cut himself off mid-sentence to insert the screen "Can I film a video with your cool car?"
I think he said "where I've compiled a list of X" but he couldn't find anything to compile.
The thing I love about Doug is the not only does he review crazy super cars. but he also reviews wierd old cars like this and somehow makes it super interesting.
Austin Friedner killjoy...
I think with those twisty captain's chairs, you can easily play Dungeons and Dragons while you're on a road journey
My mom had this car and sold it 15 years later at 250,000 miles. Us kids loved the turnaround back seats. That was an awesome car.
Only Doug can make a 90s minivan video entertaining.
2 Wheeled Rider *ahem...* th-cam.com/video/JvlXijRuOKo/w-d-xo.html
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A mid engined minivan is always good fun
yeee. He is an expert at what he does! I like the old minivan))
Eh, I see em all the time
Damn. The previa is living in 2048 with the rotating seats
Its Oswald this car is uely
Huh? They've been on Renault Espaces since 1984. I always thought rotating seats are the basis of what makes a minivan... a minivan
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Well l have owned A Kia Optima XL 2017 and a Corolla 2009 but for work issues l decide to buy an old 1994 Previa. I had it for 3 years already the best car l ever had.
This would have been a great minivan for the taxi industry back then. I think the Previa actually was used in the taxi industry back in the day.
Hi Doug I have fond memories of the Toyota Previa when I was growing up in New Zealand in the 90s we called them the Toyota Estima and in Australia, they were called Toyota Tarago's The Difference was the Estima was built and sold in Japan only and then imported into New Zealand and Australia and the Tarago was the same van but built for Australia and New Zealand markets with everything translated in English and a lot fewer features. The Tarago's and Estima's took minivans to a whole new level of weird with the last models featuring the 2GR-FE making 274 hp and with the sports ECU and upgraded fuel pump from the v6 Camry could get up to 300 hp. I currently own a Toyota Estima Hybrid 2009 with a 2AZ-FXE engine coming straight from the Toyota Camry hybrid and boy this thing moves. A lot of people misjudge the van as a slow soccer mum van and get a shock when they realise I'm leaving them behind doing more than 100mph plus and no I don't mean 100km this van can do over 160kms quite comfortably and safely. It definitely has all the weird stuff the original Previa has and you can tell where its roots are. Wish you could do a review on it if you are ever in Australia or New Zealand ill be happy to show you one
The swivel seat is actually kinda cool.
My dad swore by the previa because it had a timing chain instead if a belt. Apparently it could last forever. I think it's still alive somewhere after all this time.
They do and it does. We rebuilt (exterior body work) one van and drove countless miles and many family camping trips in one. It's great at what it does and hauls everyone and there skis where you need to go with timeless reliability. Unlike any of the Ford or Chevy Van's of any description we've ever owned. Ford Astro Van's can go die in a hole, also the seats were garbage.
These vans will last for hundreds of thousands of miles!
I'm 28 and I remember this van. This is what makes this channel great.
Chris G fuck me
I live in Quebec, and i've seen Toyota Previas still on the road more than anywhere else
One of the last cool & unique minivans. Love the Starship Enterprise dash and the spinning seats. You can turn them back and camp out by the beach or play around on the floor. The side lifting 3rd row is cool too and the latest car to have that was the Honda Element in the 2000's. In the 1st generation Sienna that followed, Toyota messed up the 3rd seats and they were just there blocking cargo room unless you took the whole things out. Then in the 2nd gen Sienna they flipped into the floor which was easier and more practical. Cool factor and uniqueness was gone for good though in a lot of cars after the 90's.
doug the type of guy to scare himself trying to scare someone else
Mazder_ the type of guy to comment this comment everytime Doug uploads a video.
Those "Doug the type of guy" thing is so fucking old, so shut up.
" the type of guy "
Juts pictured that in my head that's hilarious man.
Doug the type of guy to die of laughter over his own joke
You're the type of guy to go to gamestop and trade all 10 of your games in and get only $15 back and take that offer.
Those rotating seats never saw this much action UNTILL now
Shantanu Kaushish there's gonna be a star trek supercut with Doug in it soon enough
Shantanu Kaushish vw t4 california ^^
LMAOOO
8:22 I love when Doug adds little segments like this.
Family cars like these really did define my childhood in the early 2000s. My dad had a 1st gen Toyota Previa (it's called Estima where I live) during those years and I was still a child then. He owned it throughout my primary years up until I reached middle school and I had a lot of memories being in that big van, jumping around as kids do and was quite amazed at how big and spacious it was! I especially loved the tea and bread shelf it had on the passenger seat. But he eventually swapped it with a Corolla Altis. I really do miss that van and I barely see Toyota Previas (Estimas) in the street now, well the first generation ones anyway.
RWD manual ? I sense a drift van
I'd honestly pay money to see that in person
I taste a liberty walk widebody for it with a 7 foot wide wing
Awd only
AWD with the supercharged engine, Doug said at the start the base model N/A had RWD and manual.
@@BreezyInterwebs I know
I worked on a movie in the early 90s which "starred" a Previa. They weren't even available to the public yet but we got a bunch from Toyota for the production. We rolled them, crashed them through walls and windows, jumped them, submerged them. We were stunned by how durable they were.
By the way the movie was a Ton Arnold POS called "Carpool". If you want to waste 90 minutes of your life for a 1 minute mall chase sequence in which a Previa gets some major air, now you know how.
I've heard that POS, Tom Arnold called a lot of things, but I've never heard him referred to as a "Carpool", a cesspool of really shitty opinions maybe...dude, needs to go away as the irrelevant ex that he is.
you worked on that movie ? very cool
OMG I actually loved that movie as a kid! Hahaha I’d forgotten Tom Arnold was in it. I *almost* want to watch it now to remember how the car ends up inside the mall in the first place, but I’m definitely not going to.
bad guys in a short scene in Last Action Hero also had one and it had a minigun. Sadly it was bad guys so we never got to see it in proper glory and it kinda blew up.
Haha we watched that movie as a family when I was little and we loved it.
I think a Toyota Previa is probably a awesome minivan and the second rows seats can rotate and face forwards and backwards and there is a lever under the seat to open the fuel cap and I think the minivan just haves some good gimmicks!
Keep reviewing these 80s and 90s cars! Love them.. brings back memories
I miss the excellent visibility of cars in the 90s
Ryan Cowell now all the new cars look the same
Asia Nelson Wrong. You’ve just forgotten all the 90s cars that look the same.
Ryan completely agree with you. Today's modern cars have cameras to back up....I guess the engineers forgot how safe a clear view thru a window is important esp when backing up....once that camera goes awry your screwed no more backing up!
A lot of it deals with meeting safety regulations, it bloats the vehicles, so stuff like backup cams become very useful.
All 90s cars looked like sad plastic blobs.
I grew up in a family with this exact model.
More Fun facts:
-We did actually play card games in the back while facing each other using a cooler as a table. It worked pretty well
-The supercharger is actually in front of the engine driven by a shaft and is not mounted to the engine at all
-On humid days in the summer the roof air unit would drip water on backwards facing second row occupants
-If you take out the second row seats, the back is the exact size of an 4x8 sheet of plywood
-Related to lumber you can fit full length small diameter pvc pipes along the sides of the car from the back into the passenger foot well
-Even if the car was locked, if you yanked hard on the sliding door, it could still open.
-We did tow with it but we think that extra stress is what made the engine block crack which is how it died
My family had the base model of the previa when I was growing up. Thanks for the trip down memory lane Doug!
fond memories of this van, mom being unable to make a left turn without an advance green light because it takes 15 full seconds to pull out of a red light, and getting stuck for hours multiple times each winter, with winter tires on slightly icy hills in the mild-to-kinda-bad winters of PA. filling the trunk with as many bricks as we could each winter just to get any traction with the rear wheel drive. we clearly did not have the fancy '97 model.
"Doug, the type of guy to read his kids an owner's manual for a bedtime story."
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I kinda want a previa now
Me too
same here.
I'll sell you one
@@josealegria3615 where at? I've had 3 and love em to death. Only pitfall was the distributor beIN the lowest point of the engine :(
They drift ok.
3:10 his face shows pure joy
there was absolutely nothing wrong with or “weird” about the Previa. My family owned a 1994 model purchased new and we loved it. The only feature we considered remotely odd was the way the third row seating had to be strapped to either side when not in use. Otherwise it was a great vehicle which replaced our 1984 Toyota Tercel wagon - quite a step up in size and comfort.
Doug the type of guy to play card games in back of a minivan.
Doug is a soccer mom now
Confirmed
😂
Soccer dad
my grandpa had a white one and my dad had a red one.. i never thought the previa was weird, i loved it!
0:47 and before the Previa, if you wanted a minivan, you got the Toyota Van (yes, that was the name Toyota gave their first minivan in the 80's). And the park in brake on the driver's side of the car: there could be another reason why they did that. It could be because Toyota also offered this car with a manual transmission, and they didn't want to fit four pedals on the floor, or they didn't just know how to do it. In 1998 the Sienna came as automatic only with a column shifter, so the parking brake became a pedal in the driver's side footwell. Eventually the RX300/Harrier got the same style of parking brake, then the Sequoia and Highlander, then the Camry and Avalon, and the Lexus LS and ES. The other models got a regular parking brake lever in the middle of the car until 2010 when the GX got the floor mounted parking brake pedal.
17:44 Yes Doug, sticking your tongue out helps you reach farther
😭😂😂
Йогурт 🍦
Lol
I was hoping someone would mention the tongue
If it worked for Jordan, it works for Demuro!
The type of guy who reviews a 21-year old Toyota minivan... and we watch it for some reason.
Maybe not the content we need, but the content we deserve.
A million of you watch it! In two days!
+Doug DeMuro The art of the finesse
Doug are you having a child? There have been alot of minivan reviews lately. Any way you can review some concept cars like the Cadillac Ciel, Elmiraj, or Aerotech?
I actually like these types of reviews a lot more. Everyone knows how cool the newest super car is but I rather watch a video about weird, quirky cars that don't take themselves so seriously
We had one of these for years, had over 350k on factory parts before a second deer collision killed it.
One of the best Doug videos IMO
Please review a 2nd/3rd gen Toyota Previa.
A minivan review is trending on TH-cam!! Lol
Safe Racer Yes, #6
Damian Novick lol It was #7!!
We’re all so damn bored. And high.
dangimbored1 +1 on being high
🤣😂🤣 it’s not even new!!! What in the world is going on?.
Broken vent!!! It's totaled!
Loud windshield motors seemed to be a trend in cars until about 2010. I can remember our 2006 Mazda 6 had loud wiper motors.
Actually, GM came out later with the Transport, it had that same type of a windshield, with the wipers, and dash.
how did i spend 23 minutes watching an old minivan
AARIZ TVTECH All the people who hate-watch Doug then gripe about him should remember there are many, many other channels out there with different types of videos. I love Doug, Hoovie, Jalopnik, Auto Moments. There is too much content out there to waste time watching stuff you don't like! Ok, off soap box. 😂
Brad Lemmond and VinWiki stories!
because you were connected to the Internet
Same here , and only because I like Toyota's. Had a brand new 4Runner in 1998. P.S. never knew the engine was under the seat.
The car you wouldn't even look at in GTA 5
I'd honestly love to drive a Previa in GTA 5.
People seriously still play GTA V?
It's the best selling game of all time. GG dumbass.
Rather run or steal a bicycle. lmao
TheDemonican Tetris was the best selling video game of all time, I think gtaV is around the 4th best selling video game, GG
Even minecraft sold more copies
How come this is so much cooler than my sienna... I want turney seats and egg shape cmon!
I am actually picking up a low mileage, one owner, beautiful pearl white 93 LE on Sunday. I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas. I never thought i'd feel that way about a mini van LOL
This minivan isn't the weirdest, It's the greatest!
It’s a Toyota.
the dash and vents are awesome. like star trek material right there.
Can't beat the practical value.
Doug the type of guy to review a 30 year old minivan and have it go on trending
Daniel Buccio it came out 21 years ago not 10.....
It was also likely cheaper to not have a second door as well. But yes it was common until about the late 1990's where dual sliding doors become common (my parents had a 2001 Windstar which had dual sliding doors which was a "premium" feature of its time as most vans up to that point only had the one sliding door).
They sold A LOT of these as vans here in Denmark in the 90's. They were a bit thirsty (for Danish norms) with a 2,4 gas engine, but they seemed to last a long time. One "flaw" (if we can call it that) with the car is the differential, which can wear out without minutious maintainance. Good, realiable cars that will reward you with 5 star reliability if you take a bit care of it.