1998 Dodge Grand Caravan

My wife and I purchased this 98 Dodge Grand Caravan because we needed a vehicle that could fit more people than the 5 we are used to. This van seats 7 people rather comfortably. My kids love it because they have so much more room. WE were very fortunate that we won this van at a fantastic price. It has been worth all of the work that we had to put towards receiving the vehicle, and some maintenance that it required. I would recommend a Dodge Grand Caravan for any family.

The Dodge Caravan and Dodge Grand Caravan are minivans manufactured by Chrysler. It was introduced in November 1983 for the 1984 model year along with sister models, the Chrysler Town and Country, and the Plymouth Voyager (later Chrysler Voyager). The first modern minivans, the Chrysler company minivans are credited with creating the entire market segment for these vehicles. The Chrysler twins were launched a few months ahead of the Renault Espace (the first MPV/minivan in Europe, first pitched to executives as a Talbot in 1979, but not launched until 1984), making them the first of their kind.
Since their introduction, the Chrysler minivans have been the best-selling minivans in the United States.

The 1996 redesign used the Chrysler NS platform and included a driver's side sliding door (optional at first, but standard later), a first for Chrysler. The 1996 Caravan, along with the Plymouth Voyager and the Chrysler Town and Country, all won the North American Car of the Year award. The Caravan, however, was also Motor Trend magazine's Car of the Year for 1996. It was on Car and Driver magazine's Ten Best list for 1996 and 1997.

Base models of the Caravan were offered in most states with either a 2.4 L four-cylinder or the 3.0 L Mitsubishi V6 engine, except in several northeastern states, where the Mitsubishi V6 didn't meet emissions standards. In those locales, the 3.3 L engine was offered as the V6 option from 1997 through 2000. The manual transmission, never popular, was dropped. The 2.4 L four-cylinder engine produced more power than the Mitsubishi 3.0 had in the first two generations.

Engines
1996-2000 2.4 L EDZ I4, 150 hp (112 kW) and 167 ft·lbf (226 N·m) (Canadian vans beginning in 1999 included a 3.0 V6 as standard equipment)
1996-2000 3.0 L Mitsubishi 6G72 V6 142 hp (106 kW) (not available in certain states)
1996-2000 3.3 L EGA V6, 158 hp (118 kW) and 203 ft·lbf (275 N·m)
1996-1998 3.8 L EGH V6, 166 hp (124 kW)
1999-2000 3.8 L EGH V6, 180 hp (134 kW)

Trims
1996-2000 - Base
1996-2000 - SE
1996-2000 - Sport
1996-2000 - LE
1996-2000 - ES
Note: All-wheel drive was only available on loaded SE or higher models

Concepts
Other plans for this model year included three minivan concepts all to be made in the Windsor Assembly, the Dodge Caravan R/T, Voyager XG, and the Chrysler Pacifica. The Caravan R/T was to include the most powerful engine ever for a minivan, rated at 325 hp (240 kW). It had two Dodge Viper hoodscoops, a brushed aluminum instrument panel, racing-style pedals, and black and white rubber flooring. The Voyager XG was more rugged, and included many outdoor amenities, such as a built-in ice pack. The Chrysler Pacifica was more luxurious, had power leather seats and footrests, overhead bins and lighting, an LHS grille, and roof-long skylights. The skylight feature was used by Nissan in the Quest. The Pacifica actually did come to be in 2004, based on the current Caravan, except that it became a crossover SUV rather than a minivan.

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