Chrysler Dodge Grand Caravan

Dodge Grand Caravan

Dodge Grand Caravan is part of the original family vans. As the concept of the Ford minivan has been rejected by this company and found a house in Chrysler. Under the leadership of Lee Iacocca, the company introduced the first Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager in the 1984 model year, and the resulting success brought Chrysler will withdraw from the K-car era and in leading the van.

Over the years, Dodge truck works faced increased competition from imports brand minivans. In a sense it has risen to the challenge by offering innovative features such as the drivers side sliding door and Stow n Go seating. The latter allows owners to fold the second and third row of seats into the floor, flip the third-row split bench fully back; provide tailgate seating.

In other respects, however, Dodge Grand Caravan were less impressive. It was one of the last vans offer basic security features such as stability control and rearview camera. Driving experience doesnt match the contest, thanks in part to the Dodge unrefined and often underpowered engines. Old Grand caravans have tarnished the less than stellar reliability record. In short there are generally better choices if you need a van.

2010 Dodge Grand Caravan has a strong security points and versatile passenger and cargo space. The vast interior of the widely praised, with innovative seating and plenty of entertainment features, standard or optional, to keep the kids entertained on the road trips. But it also has some serious disadvantages to go along with all of these nifty features. "Unfortunately, these attributes are overshadowed by the Grand Caravan quality issues and other problems, such as interior materials and poor quality weak base engine," Edmunds said.

In addition, some controls are not intuitive. And if you decide to go with the Stow n Go seats that can fold into the floor of the Grand Caravan, they are not very comfortable.  In the end, and reviewers as Dodge Grand Caravan is trying to achieve with most agree that performance falls flat, and that there are better cars to choose from.