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Originally Posted by Table 5
They could've just kept on producing the previous-gen Caravan, alongside the Pacifica, for another 10 years and they'd probably be just fine. It may not have stacked up against the other vans in terms of tech/refinement etc, but it was still popular, and a hell of a value proposition compared to everything else. And not just for families...my dad used one as a work van (and weekend camper) for almost a decade without any issues. He didn't need a fancy van for hauling kids, he wanted something cheap that was still flexible...the Caravan was perfect for that.
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I fully agree. The prices they were selling the last gen Caravan for at the end of the '10s was a great deal for families.
...but by the end of its run, the Caravan was a death trap on the IIHS front overlap crash test. Dodge was also having troubles meeting the NHTSA CAFE fleet requirements for passenger cars because of all the other aged and fuel inefficient passenger vehicles that they were selling at the time.
It was due to their own mismanagement, but FCA could not continue selling the last gen Caravan.