Dodge Grand Caravan Will Live on Until at Least 2017 Model Year - Motor Trend
Production on the 2016 Dodge Grand Caravan will begin August 2015 and end in August 2016, according to the documents. The 2017 Grand Caravan should be largely unchanged from the current version and will head into production on August 23, 2016. Meanwhile, a next-generation Town & Country is scheduled to start production early next year. While the Grand Caravan may survive a little longer than we expected, don't plan on a promising future for the model. A Dodge spokesman told AN that the Grand Caravan "will eventually be the minivan that goes away," although the company won't confirm when this will happen. So far this year, Grand Caravan sales are down 51 percent through May, largely due to three months of retooling at the company's Windsor, Ontario plant that will produce the next-gen Town & Country. DlWhile the current new-for-2008 van is long past it's expiration date, It's still the go-to van for a great number of people. Hopefully that gives Chrysler opportunity to really sweat details on quality and innovation of the van. That said, FCA has reportedly installed its new quality mechanisms on the new vans, hence its costly and gambling on the slowdown of the current van at the factory. ) Pentastar and of course van innovations that Chrysler has decades of experience with, the van looks to be a refreshing face to a small class. Source: wot.motortrend.com
