Chrysler Pacifica vs Toyota Sienna vs Honda Odyssey

The Pacifica is the only van here that offers two completely different powertrains. The standard 3.6-liter V6 makes 287 hp and 262 lb-ft through a nine-speed automatic, with front-drive standard and all-wheel drive available. The plug-in hybrid pairs a retuned V6 with two electric motors for 260 hp of system output and a 16-kWh battery, good for 32 miles of electric range and 520 miles in total per the EPA. Its signature is Stow 'n Go: in gas models the second- and third-row seats fold completely flat into the floor, opening up to 140.5 cubic feet.

It's also the sales leader by a distance — 110,006 in 2025 and up more than a quarter so far this year, helped by a design refresh you can see in the newer photos above (the sharper front end). Chrysler calls the Pacifica the most awarded minivan ever and says it has the most standard safety and security features in its class; those are the company's claims, which we cite but haven't verified.

Toyota went all-hybrid: every Sienna pairs a 2.5-liter four-cylinder with electric motors for 245 hp net combined, a CVT, and a choice of front- or all-wheel drive. The EPA rates it at 36 / 36 / 36 mpg with front-drive and 35 / 36 / 35 with AWD — comfortably the best of the three. Seating is for seven (with captain's chairs) or eight (with a bench), with 33.5 cubic feet behind the third row, 75.2 with it folded and about 101 with the rest of the seats removed or stowed.

Toyota's own listing for the LE — the entry trim, starting at $41,320 before destination — includes dual power sliding doors and blind-spot monitoring with rear cross-traffic alert, and the page advertises seven USB ports across three rows. The trade-offs are on paper: the least horsepower and the smallest max-cargo figure. A note on the photos: most Sienna interior shots on Wikimedia are of the China-market version of the same generation, so we've labeled them and used only one U.S. cockpit.

The Odyssey is the simplest of the three: one 3.5-liter V6 making 280 hp and 262 lb-ft, a 10-speed automatic, front-wheel drive and nothing else. It rates 19 / 28 / 22 mpg, carries up to eight, and has the largest cargo numbers Honda publishes — 32.8 cubic feet behind the third row, 86.6 behind the second and up to 155.8 with everything folded — inside a 205.2-inch body on a 118.1-inch wheelbase. Every trim includes the Honda Sensing suite, and Honda dropped the base EX, so the EX-L at $42,795 (plus $1,495 destination) is now the entry point.

The 2026 model is unchanged from 2025, which introduced its mid-cycle refresh (visible in the first two photos). The cockpit shots show something increasingly rare: real, labeled buttons on the steering wheel and center stack, plus a push-button gear selector — a nice contrast with the touch-panel trend we covered in our steering wheel piece. The catch is momentum: it's the only one of the leaders whose sales are falling this year.