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Saturday, Feb 21
1979 Chevrolet Corvette [Down On The Street]
So let's take a trip back into the heart of the Malaise Era and check out this '79 Corvette. Horsepower was up a bit from the year before, with the L82 350 engine making 195 horsepower- yes, that's only 20 more than the base engine in the new Dodge Caravan- compared to 185 in 1978.
Sunday, Feb 15
Project Car Hell, 10 Painful Choices Edition: Go For Buttonwillow 24 Hours Of LeMons Glory! [Project Car Hell]
Who says you can't run a minivan at the 24 Hours Of LeMons? Chief Perp Jay Lamm hisself has stated that minivans are totally acceptable. And the Dodge Caravan Turbo will never in a million years could be a total sleeper winner; just look at what they'll do on the dragstrip! Sell all the interio...
Thursday, Nov 13
Project Car Hell, Hi Rollaz Edition: Acura NSX or Ferrari 328?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! We had another too-close-to-call one yesterday, with the Toyota 4x4 Van and the Dodge Caravan Turbo locked in a 176-171 near-tie, according to the Choose Your Et...
Wednesday, Nov 12
Soccer Dad Lives Life a Quarter Mile at a Time [Maximum Minivan Day]
We can't possibly consider ourselves minivan aficionados without mentioning the most maximum minivan to ever grace the 'ole 1320. Watch as this 1989 Dodge Caravan SE Turbo administers a bit of wood-paneled justice to an unsuspecting LT1-powered Camaro. It only takes 12.651 seconds for t...
Maximum Minivan Day: All Hail The 25th Anniversary Of The Minivan!
It's not often an automaker has the opportunity to create an entirely new segment. Chrysler did it 25 years ago when they launched the Dodge Caravan. The engineers at Chrysler created a FWD-platformed vehicle offering wagon-like space, van-like utility and car-like fuel economy in a pac...
1990 Dodge Caravan LE
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Since it's Maximum Minivan Day, I knew I had to prowl the streets of Alameda and find a first-generation Chrysler minivan for this series. Easy, right...
Monday, Oct 20
Ten Cars You Can Live In After Your Home Is Repossessed
The Mazda5 may seem like an unconventional choice for a live-in automobile, but it offers a lot for a little. Based on the sporty Mazda3 platform, the Mazda5 has the benefits of a small economy car: good mileage, low cost-of-ownership and affordability. It also offers some of the benefits o...
Monday, Oct 13
GM Vs. Chrysler: Product Lineup Fantasy Draft
Minivan The minivan is one of the few areas where Chrysler has a clear advantage over GM. Having discontinued the Chevy Uplander, GM has no minivan platform and is instead selling the Lambda-based crossovers in its place. Chrysler's Dodge Caravan/Chrysler Town & Country are popular...
Sunday, Jun 8
2009 Dodge Journey, Part One
You may not be able to outmaneuver the fuzz either. In the handling department, the Journey ends up closer to the SUV or minivan end of the crossover spectrum. In fact, the wheelbase and length of the Journey are nearly identical to the previous-generation Dodge Caravan. In the SXT trim, you'...
Wednesday, May 28
2008 Dodge Caravan Good Up Front, Can't Take It In The Rear
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today released their interpretation of what happens after crashing the new Dodge Caravan a few times. The results? The newer Caravan gets a "good" for both frontal offset and side impact tests, an improvement over "average" and "poor" p...
Thursday, Jan 31
2009 VW Routan Spotted Before Chicago Auto Show Reveal
Brenda Priddy and her quick lens caught the first photos of the rebadged Dodge Caravan that is the 2009 Volkswagen Routan Minivan. As you can tell from the photo, it does carry a lot from the current lineup of Chrysler minivans (though, with something else going on out front and in back). If yo...
Monday, Jan 14
Detroit Auto Show: Dodge Caravan R/T Concept Gets You to Target Faster
Dodge brought their the Caravan R/T to the floor of the Detroit Auto show. This sporty soccer sled debuted at SEMA last year, but you'll have to forgive us from passing on it the first time. The powertrain details are vague (though there's definitely a sport-tuned dual exhaust and revised po...
Tuesday, Oct 2
Jaguar E-type [Jalopnik Fantasy Garage]
The car that made the 60s swing... Once in a great while, a car comes along that redefines everything. Think Benz three-wheeler, Ford Model T, Willys MB Army Jeep, Volkswagen Beetle, Jeep Cherokee and even the Dodge Caravan. After these vehicles were unleashed upon the unsuspecting masses, t...
Tuesday, Jul 3
Ouch: Many Minivans, SUVs, CUVs And Pickups Have Lousy Headrests [Jesse Owens Broke Records, Ali Broke Necks]
The following big boys all performed well on the neck test:Acura MDX and RDX; Lincoln MKX, Ford Edge and Ford Freestyle; Honda CR-V, Element and Pilot; Hyundai Santa Fe; Jeep Grand Cherokee; Kia Sorento; Land Rover LR3; Mercedes M Class; Mitsubishi Outlander; Subaru B9 Tribeca and Fore...
Sunday, Mar 4
Manhattan Mopar Mishegas! Tudor City Jews For Jesus And Diplomats Heart The Minivans
While walking in Tudor City this weekend, that higher than First Avenue midtown east enclave of diplomatic immunity from parking tickets, I found two examples of people rolling in vehicles which one would not expect. Top among them is the Jews for Jesus "Manhattan Division," who apparen...
Friday, Jan 5
Detroit Auto Show Preview: Dodge Caravan, Our Wayward Son
Three distinct seating configurations are available for 2008 in North America. They include a second-row bench seat with second-row covered storage bins and third-row fold-in-the-floor seating, a Stow 'n Go seating and storage system that offers the only second- and third-row fold-...
Thursday, Nov 23
Avenger To Be Assembled! Dodge Dealer Memo Confirms Production Of New Sedan, Minivan
Production of two new vehicles was confirmed in a memo to dealers of the 'merican side of the German-American hybrid this week, obtained by Katie Merx of the Freep. The first, the Dodge Avenger, which was introduced in Paris this year as a "concept car" or "prototype" (depending on who you a...
Wednesday, Nov 22
Ad Watch: Chrysler Group's Looking For You To Make The Folgers Switch
Chrysler's using the same idea as the "if you can find a better car, buy it" ads — except this time they're striking straight into foreign territory with some humor in these web-only BBDO Detroit ads designed to push import-owners into buying new Chrysler Group vehicles. The first commerc...
Thursday, Mar 23
No Money or Mo' Money?: Most, Least Expensive Cars to Insure [News]
Top 10 Least Expensive Vehicles to Insure 1. Chrysler Town & Country 2. Chevrolet Cobalt 3. Dodge Caravan 4. Chevrolet Impala 5. Ford Taurus 6. Ford Econoline 7. Jeep Grand Cherokee 8. Chevrolet Malibu 9. GMC Sierra Pickup 10. Toyota Corolla
Tuesday, Sep 20
Minivans Receive Poor Crash-Test Ratings for Neck Injury
A number of minivans may not save passengers' necks in a crash. (By "necks" we mean their actual necks, not their metaphoric ones.) The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave a number of minivans poor marks for preventing injuries during rear-end accidents. Vans that received the "po...
