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The S minivans debuted the minivan design features of front-wheel drive, a flat floor and a sliding door for rear passengers. [ 31 ] [ 33 ] [ 34 ] The term minivan came into use largely compared to size to full-size vans ; at six feet tall or lower, 1980s minivans were intended to fit inside a typical garage door opening. [ 35 ]
The Routan marked the start of Volkswagen's business strategy to offer additional vehicles specially developed for the U.S. market. [10] The introduction of the 2009 model year minivan resulted from a partnership that began in 2005 between Volkswagen and DaimlerChrysler. Before the agreement, Volkswagen had no minivan model for the United ...
The Volkswagen Transporter, initially the Type 2, [2] is a range of light commercial vehicles, built as vans, pickups, and cab-and-chassis variants, introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as their second mass-production light motor vehicle series, and inspired by an idea and request from then-Netherlands-VW-importer Ben Pon.
The second-generation Chrysler minivans were released for the 1991 model year, returning the Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager, their extended-wheelbase "Grand" versions, and the Chrysler Town & Country. The minivans were introduced to Mexico, with Chrysler using the Chrysler Grand Voyager/Grand Caravan nameplate.
The Opel Combo is a panel van and leisure activity vehicle from the German automaker Opel. The Combo first appeared in 1993, a second generation model was introduced in 2001, and the third was manufactured from December 2011 to December 2017, based on the Fiat Doblò .
While adopting the front-wheel drive form factor similar to the Chrysler minivans, the Windstar adopted several design features from the Ford Aerostar and Mercury Villager, including rear-seat audio controls, rear air conditioning and middle-row bucket seats; a digital instrument panel was coupled with a trip computer, automatic headlamps, and ...
[8] [10] The Stow 'n Go system received the Popular Science Magazine's "Best of What's New" for 2005 award, [11] and was never offered on the Volkswagen Routan, the rebadged nameplate variant of the Chrysler minivans. For the subsequent minivan generation, beginning in model year 2011, Chrysler revised the system, rebranding it as "Super Stow ...
Two generations of the model line were produced, with the Villager undergoing a full redesign for 1999. In a first for the minivan segment, the model line replaced a removable rear seat with a design that was repositionable (dependent on passenger or cargo use). The Villager was the last Mercury developed with the lightbar grille used by the brand.