The minivan market is a popular market. Many people buy vans for cargo use and passenger use. They are also good at keeping passengers comfortable with luxurious features. So, we take three of the best minivans on the market: The Dodge Caravan, The Honda Odyssey, and the Toyota Sienna.

First up, the Dodge Caravan

Dodge Caravan is the ORIGINAL minvan. It was first built by Dodge in 1984, and if it were not for the Caravan, there would be NO TOYOTA SIENNA OR HONDA ODYSSEY! The Caravan possesses lots of gadgets and gizmos to provide comfort, entertainment, and safety, such as rear DVD players, and Stow n Go seats, which are 2nd and 3rd Row seats that fold flat into the floor. It has a choice of 3 engines: a six-speed automatic transmission with the 3.8 L V6 and the new 4.0 L V6. There's also the four-speed automatic transmission with the 3.3 L Flex-Fuel V6. It has a more luxurious counterpart by Chrysler , Dodge's sister company called the Town and Country, and another counterpart by Volkswagen called the Routan (which was built with help from Chrysler).

Next, the Toyota Sienna

This is the most luxurious of the three, the Toyota Sienna is a minivan by Toyota and while it does not have Stow n Go, it makes up for that with luxury. It has 2nd row seats with feet-rests, and a larger rear DVD player than the Caravan, but it only has one DVD player compared to the Dodge's 2. It is the Lexus (or maybe Acura) of minvans. It has a 3.5-liter 2GR-FE engine.

Last but CERTAINLY not least, my personal favorite, The Honda Odyssey.

This is an awesome minivan that has the largest rear DVD player of the bunch. It has a lot of gadgets and luxury features and even a cooler for drinks. It can even hold 1 more person than the other minivans, thanks to a child seat in the 2nd row, which can be folded down to become a drink holder. It also has outstanding ride quality. It has a 3.5 L V6 engine.


So, which minivan is the best? You decide. Give good reasons for your opinion.

 

you forgot none of the above.
this is a ford site.

 

No doubt!

To the op, you need to find a new hobby. You post all over different sites about the different vehicles you have and then on here, you say you don't have any. Do you have anything useful to contribute here?



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I think it's a bit odd, but in defense of the OP, he has not exactly tried to incite a riot here, and so far has not. Some of the discussion is of general interest. Note his thread on the Toyota site generated some love for Ford, oddly enough. As much as I think it's odd, I'm not sure we can condemn the OP here. Is he a troll? Or is he just trying to stir up some conversation? This forum is pretty slow these days....

 

That is correct. I am trying to stir up conversation. A lot of car forums I go to aren't very active.

 

I live in a family of 5, all of them except 1 are old enough to drive, and they have all the vehicles I mentioned.

 

Didn't volkswagen have the original minivan?

The VW Bus (or whatever they called it).

The caravan/voyager are the one's who made minivans mainstream.

Let's bring back the old station wagons with the 3rd seat that faced the rear, so the kids who rode in it got carsick (not that this ever happened to me).

 

I didn't know that. That's interesting.

 

"Microbus".

Redirection

If your folks were hippies, real or imagined, you may have conceived in one....

After being called the "Vanagon", it is coming back:

2014 Volkswagen Microbus Illustrations: VW Microbus News – Car and Driver

You don't know "slow" 'till you've driven an older one. A slight increase in power bolts (plumbs?) right in:

http://rsgruppe.com/Engine_Package_FS.pdf