1984 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER - THE FIRST CHRYSLER MINIVAN

Hailed as revolutionary by virtually every news outlet upon its introduction in late 1983, the Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan disrupted the automotive industry in a huge way. Lee Iacocca, the mastermind of the minivan era, presented this 12,000-mile unrestored Voyager at the assembly line in Windsor, Canada on November 2, 1983.

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1st-gen Chrysler minivans were a game-changing revolution in the automotive industry. 2nd-gens were where they really got the concept dialed in. Then they made them into fat, mushy jellybeans in the subsequent generations. My first car was a 1993 base model Dodge Caravan. Loved that thing despite how bare-bones it was, but it was sadly lost in an accident when I was in college. After that, found a 1992 Plymouth Voyager AWD, fully-loaded with every bell and whistle they offer. Still have it, still drive it all the time. It hauls, it tows, it can carry up to eight people or I can pop all the seats out and have a ton of cargo space. Makes a great camper, too, and it's unstoppable when the snow starts falling with a good set of snow tires.

[@edwardchascsa4191]

One of Chrysler's greatest achievements and they let its importance and integrity fail. " latch issues" because they didn't want to spend a few $ to keep it safe. I had several of these vans . Great van, wish i could get one new today.

[@fernandorocha6486]

I love this Dodge Caravan 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1992 is my year favorite

[@statingtheobvious8119]

For some reason I was expecting this to be a documentary.

[@resetsetmefree478]

Listen to what she says at 0:25 and that's basically all u need to know.....people have a tendency to like stuff that reminds them of their youth. And in this case it was those of a certain age where they said "if this VANS a rockin don't come a knockin"🙄 well what happened was....all of them got to be a certain age and then *they* started having kids so they all just wanted to be the grooviest family 🤮 Yes I know times and automotive tastes change and millennials don't really want a ride that looks exactly like what their mom had. When I see a Pacifica or Toyota sienna or Honda Odyssey it just looks so 90s

[@Dabber422]

Have memories burnt into my mind when the Voyager just came out. Teacher took the class on a field tripe in her brand New Plymouth Voyager...

[@79tazman]

I had a first year mini van with a 2.2 and manual 4 speed trans I wish I still had that thing I put a turbo 2.2 in it out of a 1986 turbo Omni that was rear ended in the bone yard so I bought the car and took the engine computer and out and put it in my van and it was so much fun to drive the van come factory with a manual trans back when you could get them like that.

[@blnmadisonbm]

Cool!

[@frankdenardo8684]

built with pride in Windsor Ontario Canada by proud Europeans.

[@piggy310]

St Louis

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@piggy Got a 1998 Chrysler Grand Voyager minivan espresso edition built in Windsor, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦.

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@@frankdenardo8684 How very white.

[@79tazman]

My grandfather worked at the windsor assembly when the vans were new and after some years he went to the Big Van plant

[@79tazman]

@@piggy310 No the first mini vans were built in Windsor Ontario they did not build them in St Louis till 1987

[@dustintravis8791]

If it smokes, it's a Voyager.

[@HERRERACARRIERSINC]

That’s things Nice

[@pancho1071]

Aaaah no it was not the first minivan ever.vw had the mini van way longer before Chrysler came up with this one.you all wish it was the first one.

[@ghostfreak777]

MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE VAN LOL

[@VdiMusicGaming]

So this is the car from amazing world of gumball sorry I had to

[@GavinAvid]

I'd drive that

[@42luke93]

Pretty Deceiving of an ad camping because they made it look like a body on frame car when it wasn’t.

[@SynchronizorVideos]

I think you're reading way too much into a visual gag in a commercial. And while it wasn't body-on-frame. The first-gen Chrysler minivans were built on car platforms, which is what made them so revolutionary compared to the other truck-like full-size vans on the market.

[@Poopsticle_256]

The Dodge Caravan will always hold a soft spot in me