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> I've been waiting years for an electric minivan. The moment someone comes out with one, I'm turning in my current minivan, which I love, for an all electric v
by BrentOzar 6y ago
> I've been waiting years for an electric minivan. The moment someone comes out with one, I'm turning in my current minivan, which I love, for an all electric van.
Bad news: while you can still buy minivans, they're being phased out in favor of SUVs. Dodge just put the nail in the coffin for the Grand Caravan, and production stops this year: https://www.thedrive.com/news/33702/death-of-an-icon-dodge-grand-caravan-will-end-production-in-august https://www.thedrive.com/news/33702/death-of-an-icon-dodge-g...
The investments are in the SUV/CUV segment where profit rates are higher.
- jedberg 6y agoYeah I noticed that trend too. :( It’s a shame because we had both and the van is just so much easier for hauling 6 people than any SUV out there.
- cylentwolf 6y agoThe Grand Caravan interior was from 2005. It was showing its age. Also why make a minivan that sells around 30k when you can make an SUV that sells for 50k. It makes me sad but that is capitalism for ya.
- toast0 6y agoThe Dodge Grand Caravan and the Chrysler Town and Country were the same vehicle with badge engineering. The Town and Country was replaced by the Chysler Pacifica in model year 2017, but they kept making the Caravans on the old design with Dodge branding for cost concious buyers. In model year 2020, (Fiat) Chrysler is renaming the low end Pacifica models to Chrysler Voyager --- it could easily have been called a Dodge, but I guess they're trying to clean up Dodge to be muscle cars and trucks, like Ford is trying to do with their line up.
- yellowapple 6y ago> Dodge just put the nail in the coffin for the Grand Caravan Its replacement is the Chrysler Voyager (another miniman, same parent company, different brand), not an SUV or CUV.