As of October 2007, the Dodge web site lifted the ratings. The 4.0 liter engine was originally rated at 240 hp and 253 lb-ft. Sales would fall to a low pointin 2009 before slowly rising over the next years.Ģ008-2010 Dodge Grand Caravan Specifications (also for Chrysler Town & Country) The minivan market was shrinking more each year as trendy buyers defected to crossovers, and Honda and Toyota had both raised their game even as Chrysler was cutting costs. The 2008 models, despite being new, did not bring increased sales to Chrysler.
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One source wrote, "Swivel n Go is available only in leather now, and if you opt for Swivel n Go as well as the Dual DVD package, you will now get swiveling 3rd Row DVD screen so that the second row passengers can still watch a movie and/or Satellite TV." With late availability, larger nine-inch dual overhead DVD screens with swiveling third row was added. The UConnect phone option on SXT now included an iPod interface. SXT 28L packages got chromed daylight opening trim. Crimson and green paint were added to SE and SXT's list, and badging was changed across the board. SXT was given a roofrack and, optionally, better steering wheel with EVIC controls. The primary differences were suspension tuning (which resulted in a different feel) and dashboard graphics, along with sheet metal the Volkswagen used Chrysler's top trim materials.ĭodge Grand Caravan got optional blind spot monitoring, rain-sensitive wipers, and rear cross path systems the 4-liter SXT (with 28L package) got a new sport-tuned suspension.Ĭaravan SE, the base model, gained Stow n Go and stain-repellant seat fabric, cruise, a nicer gauge cluster with tachometer, three rows of power seats, floor mats, tinted glass, and body-colored door handles and moldings. Chrysler Group President Tom LaSorda said, "With our manufacturing and platform engineering flexibility, we can deliver a high-quality product specifically tailored to Volkswagen's customers' tastes with little or no substitution effect on the current Chrysler and Dodge minivan lineup." All Routans were made in Windsor, Ontario. The Volkswagen Routan minivan was sold only in North America, from 2008 into the next generation. The Volkswagen version of the Chrysler minivan (Imperial gallons are bigger than US gallons.)
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The 2.8 liter VM/Detroit Diesel engine with an automatic in 2007 UK Voyagers got 33.6 mpg, combined cycle (28 USA mpg), while the 2.4 liter - even with a manual transmission - got only 28.5 mpg (24 USA mpg), and had slightly lower performance. Chrysler hoped to fill that desire with the base model. Only a small percentage of people bought short-wheelbase minivans because they wanted a smaller van most were looking for reduced cost. AWD would have required (based on our conversations with others) substantial costs to engineer due to the need for different floorpans. Incompatible with Stow-n-Go again, the take rate was low when it was offered, with fewer than 10% of buyers opting for it. Stick-shift vehicles tend to sit for much longer periods on dealer lots. She estimated about 900 sales per year, too few to justify stocking the parts in American dealers and going through EPA and crash tests. The market was far too small even when Chrysler did make a stick-shift minivan. Americans were, according to market research, not ready for a diesel minivan there were a small number of people enthusiastic for one, though. (An R/T version was eventually produced, with little public interest.) A performance van - either R/T or SRT - was apparently under constant review.
Ralph Gilles raced his own minivan, and says there was plenty of room inside for a Hemi. A performance minivan, such as an SRT version, would help dispel the notion that minivans were dull. The article said, "it makes us believers in Chrysler quality and technology." Allpar's review was not quite as favorable, but was still positive.
The said their front wheel drive van "plugged through snow deep enough to stop buses and close schools" without fuss, with gas mileage averaging 19.7 combined (ranging from 16 to 25). Town & Country wasn't a minivan, we'd call it perfect." They encountered no problems in their journey, and at the end said that "Every single bit of this van still works like new." Their heavily loaded vehicle performanced nearly all AutoWeek's past extended test vehicles. The Augedition started its wrap-up by saying, "If only the. The 2007-type short-wheelbase Chrysler Voyager continued in Mexico through 2008, though it was built at a Mitsubishi joint-venture plant in China.ĪutoWeek praised the Chrysler Town & Country after a 32,761 mile test drive. The 2008s were completely new, including a new chassis, with MacPherson struts up front and twist bars in back.
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