AutoWeek(x2): GM, Ford strike out in the minvan market, Ford Quits, GM Keeps Trying!

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Jul 7, 2005 | 01:08 PM

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Re: AutoWeek(x2): GM, Ford strike out in the minvan market, Ford Quits, GM Keeps Trying!

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Originally Posted by dav305z

They all get the 3.9 this fall. You know, they're obviously not benchmarks, but after seeing a couple on the road, I gotta say they really are not the crap boxes everyone makes them out to be.
They actually don't look cheap anymore. The interiors and exteriors are more upscale than Chrysler or Ford's offerings. They're not up to the Japanese level, but considering that this was just a cheap make-over (and rightly so IMO - they have bigger priorities), they really didn't embarass themselves.

That 3.5 should have never been considered for the vehical though. There will be a lot of people going onto something else bcuz of that engine. The 3.9 should have been there from the get go.

I agree that the interior is atleast farrrr better then the interior then on the Dodge/Chrysler. My parents rented a Caravan when they went back to NC, and it was nice, but I was disappointed by the ride myself. When the vehical was loaded with people you could feel the rearend bottom out on the rubber stops for the axle.