1991 Chrysler Mini Vans | Retro Review

As summer winds to a close, let's reflect on those treasured vacation memories. Anyone here ever vacation with a minivan? What's your furthest trip?

[HowardDaduk]

I'm glad John is happy with the gauges. If you didn't put an oil pressure gauge in your car between 1981 and 1993, he was going to make sure you heard about it.

[tinkynine]

Chrysler did a great job updating the 1991 from the 1980's Chrysler minivans, nothing dramatic, just everything in the right spot.

[phillipmennor]

My dad owned a 91 Plymouth Grand Voyager in black cherry and red interior. We went everywhere in that thing. What a timeless design. This generation of the Chrysler minivan holds a special place in my heart!

[tinkynine]

The quintessential 80-90s vehicle, we all had at least one in the immediate family.

[SS-ugqy]

This guy never gets old. He looked same in 80s looks and sounds same in 2020

[dchawk]

I like how they look used even when they were brand new.

[hemingsgarage]

Lots of childhood memories. Love this van.

[zyxzyx]

This year Voyager I always thought it looked like it was smiling.

[adamtrombino]

The last gen of the simple, easy to work on minivans. I had a 92 std wheel base Voyager SE with the 3.0 and 3 auto briefly as a used vehicle. ( it got totalled ) I really liked it. Roomy, reasonable power and economy, easy to drive, great visibility, and cheap to own. It did everything I asked of it 100% of the time. Again, it was simple. No infotainment, no dvd players, no hands free calling, no bluetooth, no touch screens, etc. just a straightforward functional vehicle that was a great, if not extremely boring, road trip van. Set the cruise, point and shoot. If I could find another 1 that hasn't been beaten within an inch of its life, I'd buy another 1!

[OscillatorCollective]

These 2nd gen minivans are some of my favorite vehicles.

[blackericdenice]

This is when I fell in love with Caravans. I had an 88 3.0 that smoked but got 20 mpg n the city.

[DizzyMan]

This hit me right in the childhood. My dad had a late 80's model, w/the 2.4 Turbo and it was blue on blue. It hauled our boat up North from Toronto a bazillion times.

[bufordblu]

Man back in the day Chrysler printed money with these things. I lived near a Chrysler assembly plant and they ran 24/7 to keep up with demand.

[jamiecinder]

How many Millennials grew up in the back seat of one of these? I certainly did! My parents had a white Voyager and my grandparents had a dark green Caravan.

[RoadCone]

My parents bought a brand new ‘87 Caravan with this same Mitsubishi V6 (mated to a 3-speed automatic) and it went reasonably well. Great road trip vehicle, those front buckets were awesome! Good in crap weather and comfortable front and middle rows. No tach on that van though, just the largest fuel gauge known to man. Unlike other Chrysler products I have had and known (I avoid them now), that Caravan didn’t have a lot of flaws or major problems in its lifetime, ended by a sideswipe crash in 1998. RIP old van.

[noseefood]

i remember seeing this van as a kid, it looked so modern.

[matt]

Omg I learned to drive in one of these. My dad's 1991 Caravan LE. Wood paneling on the outside, navy blue on the inside.

[Vercus]

My longest trip with a Chrysler van was in our 89 Voyager. It had a 4 cylinder and a 5 speed manual, which was a rare option. I was a little kid, and several families drove together in a caravan of vans..lol. We drove from Pennsylvania to Maine, and if I remember right there was our Voyager, another Grand Voyager, an 80s GM fullsize van, and an 80s Dodge Ram van. We used CBs to communicate. Those were the days!

[palebeachbum]

Minivans sold well because they offered the ride quality of a station wagon, but with more interior and seat room. Then they got stigmatized as being uncool mommy-mobiles, and SUVs started taking over, even though they didn't ride or handle as well and cargo liftover was higher. Now SUVs have been replaced with CUVs, which are somewhere between the practically and comfort of a minivan with the "cooler" styling of an SUV.

[jacoboleary]

my parents drove these when I was a kid. what a blast from the past!