{"id":1583,"date":"2020-03-03T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2020-03-02T12:58:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T17:58:57","slug":"end-of-an-era-as-dodge-grand-caravan-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/2020\/03\/end-of-an-era-as-dodge-grand-caravan-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"End of an era as Dodge Grand Caravan dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the end of an era, with the dropping of the Dodge Grand Caravan.<\/p>\n

The minivan, first launched as a 1987 (the Grand Caravan, that is; the Caravan itself started out as a 1984 model), will not see 2021. In a widely anticipated move, the Grand Caravan will be dropped to make way for more Chrysler Voyager sales. The Voyager is a low-end version of the Chrysler Pacifica.<\/p>\n

\"\"Chrysler Voyager replaces Dodge Grand Caravan<\/em><\/p>\n

Never before has Chrysler had two series of minivans running at one time, with the ancient Grand Caravan and the newer Pacifica being churned out by a single Canadian factory. The Caravan picked up price-sensitive buyers while the Pacifica attracted people with features, ride, a quiet interior, and better economy. The Dodge had an old version of the same engine, with a soft six-speed automatic; the Chrysler had a newer version of that engine, with an efficient ZF-engineered nine-speed automatic, and a plug-in hybrid version to grab economy headlines.<\/p>\n

The current Grand Caravan is mainly a 2011 rework of the 2008 model; the main differences are in interior and exterior styling and the replacing of multiple old V6 engines with a single brand-new Pentastar V6. A more recent change upgraded the minivan\u2019s safety to conform to current rules. Despite two \u201cclean-sheet\u201d redesigns, the 2020 Grand Caravan has many of the architectural choices of the 1984 Caravan; the Pacifica was more of a departure.<\/p>\n

To keep the Grand Caravan going in every state, the company would need to update the engine to meet California emissions standards; buyers in the 13 California-emissions states who want the Dodge minivan will have to settle for a nearly-identical 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s the end of an era, with the dropping of the Dodge Grand Caravan. The minivan, first launched as a 1987 (the Grand Caravan, that is; the Caravan itself started out as a 1984 model), will not see 2021. In a widely anticipated move, the Grand Caravan will be dropped to make way for more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/voyager1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1587,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1583\/revisions\/1587"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autobison.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}