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Originally Posted by kccrow
Chrysler did a whole ****ery of their minivans in 2017.
The Pacifica you're thinking was only produced for 5 years and that ended in '08.
With minivan sales down, Chrysler scaled down the offerings of minivans and eventually eliminated the Dodge Grand Caravan in 2020 (It was supposed to happen in 2017). They rebranded the Chrysler Town & Country as the Pacifica in 2017. Then in 2021 they rebranded the L and LX trims of the Pacifica lineup as the Chrysler Voyager. They did some fleet-only shit with that for a bit but it's now back as an option.
It got really confusing for nothing, but the end result was a 15k more expensive minivan. My work maintains a fleet of about 60 of them, and we've been considering going to Kia's and/or substituting some in certain areas with sedans or small or mid-sized SUVs to help lower the costs.
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When she mentioned Chrysler Town and Country I mentioned the Dodge Carovan being the same thing and she said her insurance quotes ran 10-30 bucks higher on the Dodge per month I guess because of some saftey features or something? Weird stuff. She also found some Voyagers that she liked the price on and looking at the ratings for those just off a cars.com search I told her better stay away because something is up with them. Must be a very generic base model compared to the Caravan and Town and Country.
Finding fleet vehicles is a potential plus if the carfax is free and those are usually loaded with service intervals. Like years ago when folks liked to buy a used crown vic that was a police car because they were usually very well maintained on a strict schedule upkeep because it was paid for by the city and town or state taxpayer