Is 2011 the year the minivan turns cool?

The World

Don’t call it just a minivan. Rapping parents in a viral ad for the Toyota Sienna call the four-door family-mobile a “swagger wagon.” According to a recent story from The New York Times, automakers are re-marketing the minivan as a cool car. Is 2011 the year of the minivan?

We speak with New York Times automotive reporter Nick Bunkley and Laura Weisskopf Bleill, a proud minivan owner and editor and founder of ChambanaMoms.com, a site for moms in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

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