So Chrysler sends this heads up about the pick up in it its retail minivan sales, both Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country. The long wheelbase T& C is up—in an overall down market—a remarkable 75 percent while Dodge and Chrysler overall are up eight percent. Total minivan production is down but that’s a from a rollback on low-margin fleet sales that Chrysler had planned.
Well, we’ve always believed in the minivan as the ultimate family wagon and it puzzled us as sales drifted from minivans to the likes of the Ford Explorer. It was trading off useful to gain macho. Though how much macho, really, do you need to traverse speed bumps at the mall? more
Posted in Chrysler, Dodge, design, minivans, quality by admin on March 7th, 2008