 A modern minivan - 2004 Chrysler Town & Country
 Typical early minivan (a Dodge Caravan) A minivan, people carrier, multi utility vehicle (MUV),or multi purpose vehicle (MPV) is a type of vehicle which has a body that resembles a van, but which has rear side doors, rear side windows, and interior fittings to accommodate passengers similar to a station wagon. Minivans are higher than normal sedans, compacts and station wagons, and are designed for maximum interior room; minivans often feature three seat rows and can seat 7 people or more. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2272x1704, 379 KB) 2004 Chrysler Town and Country File links The following pages link to this file: Minivan Chrysler Town and Country ...
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I took this picture May 13, 2004--only modification is cropping. ...
Van can mean: Van, a road vehicle. ...
Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
The original "Minivan" was developed by Volkswagen in about 1950 with the Volkswagen Type 2 "Minibus" and varients. The VW Type 2 had a rear engine and rear-wheel drive. VW currently makes a modern varient with a front engine and front-wheel drive which is very similar to the vehicles discussed below. In 1952 the Lloyd Motoren Werke, Bremen (a brand of the Borgward Group) introduced their Lloyd LT (Picture), that was, in retrospect, even closer to the minivan of nowadays. Volkswagen, pronounced folksvagen meaning: peoples car (also known as VW or V-Dub) is an automobile manufacturer based in Wolfsburg, Germany in the State of Lower Saxony. ...
Type 2, T1 Mini-Bus The Volkswagen Type 2 was the second automotive line introduced by German automobile manufacturer Volkswagen. ...
In Automobile design, an RR, or Rear-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places both the engine and drive wheels at the rear of the vehicle. ...
Rear wheel drive was a common form of engine/transmission layout used in automobiles throughout the 20th century. ...
Front-wheel drive is the most common form of engine/transmission layout used in modern passenger cars, where the engine drives the front wheels. ...
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Borgward was a German automobile manufacturer founded by Carl F. W. Borgward (November 10, 1890 - July 28, 1963). ...
The modern revision design was developed simultaneously in the late 1970s and early 1980s by Chrysler UK/Matra (launched by Renault as the Espace) and the Chrysler Corporation. Minivan is the more usual term in North American English whilst the other two terms predominate elsewhere in the English speaking world. In India, however, the acronym used is MUV, in line with a similar acronym, SUV. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...
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Mécanique Avion TRAction or Matra is a French company covering a wide range of activities mainly related to aeronautics and weaponry which today operates as the Lagardère Group. ...
Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing small to upper-midsize cars, vans, buses and trucks. ...
The Chrysler Corporation was a United States-based automobile manufacturer that existed independently from 1925–1998. ...
North American English is a collective term to describe the varieties of the English language that are spoken in the United States and Canada. ...
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A sport utility vehicle, or SUV, is a type of passenger vehicle which combines passenger-carrying and load-hauling abilities with the versatility of a pickup truck. ...
History
Minivans were launched to the market almost simultaneously by by Chrysler (Dodge Caravan) in late 1983 and by Renault (Renault Espace) in 1984. Though these two cars were developed almost entirely separately, they can each trace their roots back to the same point: the minivan design was originally conceived in the late-1970's by Chrysler UK in partnership with the French manufacturer Matra (who were also affiliated with Simca, the former French subsidiary of the Chrysler Corporation, who were sold in 1977 to the PSA Group (Peugeot-Citroën). The Chrysler-UK/Matra design was originally intended to be sold as a Talbot, and to be a replacement for the Talbot-Matra-Simca Rancho station wagon. Early prototypes were designed to use Simca parts, and hence featured a grille reminiscent of the Simca 1307. However, after acquiring all of Chrysler's European assets, PSA decided the design was too expensive and risky to put into production, and Matra took their idea to Renault, who agreed (PSA finally ventured into the minivan sector 11 years later with the Citroën Evasion/Peugeot 806). The Matra concept became the Renault Espace. However, Chrysler, under whom Matra had originally conceived the Espace, had also been developing the minivan concept themselves, and managed to release their own Dodge Caravan a year earlier than the Espace in 1983. The term "minivan" derived from the fact that cars such as the Dodge Caravan were considerably smaller than traditional North American passenger vans such as the Ford E-Series. The Dodge Caravan and Dodge Grand Caravan are minivans manufactured by DaimlerChrysler (they were sold by the Chrysler Corporation until 1998). ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Renault Espace is an MPV/minivan automobile produced by the French manufacturer Matra and marketed by Renault. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Rootes Group is a now-defunct British automobile manufacturer. ...
Simca Rallye 2 Simca is a now-defunct French automobile manufacturer, which also produced cars in Brazil in the 1960s. ...
The PSA Peugeot Citroën Group (in French, Groupe PSA) is a vehicle company that owns the marques Peugeot and Citroën. ...
Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
The Simca 1307 was a mid-sized hatchback car, sold by Chrysler in Europe and Talbot between 1975 and 1985. ...
Renault S.A. is a French vehicle manufacturer producing small to upper-midsize cars, vans, buses and trucks. ...
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The Peugeot 806 was a minivan automobile produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot between 1994 and 2002. ...
The Dodge Caravan and Dodge Grand Caravan are minivans manufactured by DaimlerChrysler (they were sold by the Chrysler Corporation until 1998). ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Ford E-Series, also known as the Econoline, is a line of fullsize vans (both cargo and passenger) and truck chassis from the Ford Motor Company. ...
The target market for the minivan was families living in suburban areas. This vehicle was a cross between the station wagon and the large work vans that people would customize for passenger travel. In North America, it came at a time when families wanted a different vehicle that didn't have the stigma of the station wagon era of their parents, and also wanted better fuel economy than that of the previously popular V8-powered station wagons/vans. A target market is the market segment which a particular product is marketed to. ...
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Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
Estate car body style (Saab 95) A station wagon (United States usage), wagon (Australian usage, though station wagon is widely used) or estate car (United Kingdom usage) is a car body style similar to a sedan car but with an extended rear cargo area. ...
Fuel efficiency, sometimes also referred to as fuel economy and commonly gas mileage in the United States, is a numeric measure often used to describe the amount of fuel consumed with regard to the distance travelled in a transportation vehicle, such as an automobile. ...
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The minivan also offered another change from the large van or the station wagon: front-wheel drive, usually found only on smaller automobiles. This made for easier assembly of the vehicle, and allowed for more cargo/passenger area along the floor with the absence of the drive shaft hump. Minivans typically have removable seats and with the seats removed, the cargo area in the larger minivans can hold a 4'x8' sheet of drywall or plywood flat. Front-wheel drive is the most common form of engine/transmission layout used in modern passenger cars, where the engine drives the front wheels. ...
Drywall, the ubiquitous interior building material. ...
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In the USA, in order for the style of minivan to circumvent the 1980s emission standards, the minivan had to be classified as a truck and could not have four doors like a car. Early US minivans such as the Dodge Caravan were three door configurations with a sliding curbside door. Emission standards limit the amount of pollution that can be released into the atmosphere. ...
Early minivans came with four-cylinder motors, which although they were more efficient, were not able to meet the life span of bigger engines. It was common to require major engine repairs on the four cylinder motors. The vehicles were also extremely sluggish when these small engines were paired with hydraulic automatic transmissions. Later six cylinder motors were offered and have become a standard choice by purchasers who plan to operate the vehicle for many years. Minivans are also notorious for having problems with their transaxles. Gasoline (or petrol) engine is a type of internal combustion engine which is often used for automobiles, aircraft, small mobile vehicles such as lawnmowers or motorcycles, and outboard motors for boats. ...
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An automatic transmission is an automobile gearbox that can change gear ratios automatically as the car or truck moves, thus freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually. ...
A transaxle, in the automotive field, is a component that combines the functionality of the transmission, the differential and the drive axle into one integrated assembly. ...
Current models Modern minivans are now very similar to station wagons except they have a higher profile. Also, their hood is shorter, as they have more vertical room. Current models have two sliding doors, or normal doors if they are compact minivans. All minivans sold in North America have sliding doors, with the exception of the first-generation Mazda MPV, Honda Odyssey and Isuzu Oasis. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1900x870, 203 KB) Summary 2006 Mazda MPV and 2006 Mazda5 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Minivan ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1900x870, 203 KB) Summary 2006 Mazda MPV and 2006 Mazda5 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Minivan ...
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mazda MPV The Mazda MPV (also sold as the Efini MPV) is a full-sized minivan. ...
2006 Mazda5 The Mazda5 is a small (C-class) minivan from Mazda which has been on sales since Summer 2005. ...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Mazda MPV The Mazda MPV (also sold as the Efini MPV) is a full-sized minivan. ...
The Honda Odyssey is a minivan manufactured by Honda. ...
The Isuzu Oasis is a minivan and the result of a joint venture between Isuzu and Honda. ...
Today, many minivan manufacturers, including Ford, GM, and DaimlerChrysler also offer their minivans as cargo vans rather than passenger vans. These cargo vans are usually available only through fleet sales. The Ford Motor Company (usually called Ford; sometimes called FoMoCo), (NYSE: F) is a multinational corporation that manufactures automobiles. ...
General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ...
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The trend for compact MPVs and mini MPVs began in Europe in the late 1990s with the launch of the Renault Scénic. Compact minivans were usually cars with tall bodies but based on the chassis and engines of a small family car (in the case of the Scénic, the Renault Mégane). The runaway success of the Scénic saw the car spawn a multitude of similar vehicles, including the General Motors Zafira, the Citroën Xsara Picasso, the Volkswagen Touran and the Nissan Almera Tino. By the mid-2000s, virtually all mainstream automakers in Europe had a compact MPV in their range. Also in the mid-2000s, manufacturers began to use MPV-style designs on supermini-based chassis, in cars such as the Opel Meriva, based on the Corsa, and the Fiat Idea, derived from the Punto chassis. Such models enjoyed some popularity in the United States in the late 1980s and early 1990s (for example, the Mitsubishi Expo (Mitsubishi Chariot in other markets) and Nissan Axxess. For 2006, the lone compact minivan available in the United States is the Mazda5. Image File history File linksMetadata GL8. ...
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Opel Zafira The Zafira is a car from General Motors, branded as an Opel in Europe, except for the UK, where it is branded as a Vauxhall. ...
The Citroën Xsara is a compact automobile produced by French manufacturer Citroën since 1997. ...
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1996 Volkswagen Polo, a popular modern European supermini A supermini is a European hatchback car category. ...
Opel Meriva The Opel Meriva is a small minivan based on the platform of the third generation Opel Corsa and sold under that name on all of the European markets with the exception of the UK, where its called Vauxhall Meriva. ...
2003 Vauxhall Corsa SXi 1999 Vauxhall Corsa Envoy The Corsa is a small car or subcompact produced by General Motors in Europe. ...
The Fiat Idea is a mini-MPV, made by the Italian company Fiat and sold in the European and South American markets, introduced in 2004. ...
The Fiat Punto is a supermini automobile produced by the Italian manufacturer Fiat since 1994. ...
The Mitsubishi Chariot is a minivan built by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation of Japan, from 1983. ...
The Premacy (called Mazda5 in some markets) is a small (C-class) minivan from Mazda. ...
In the ASEAN nations and India, because of the wide geography of the region, MUVs tend to be smaller cars that can cope with uneven terrain. Among these MUVs are the Chevrolet Tavera/Isuzu Panther, Ford Fusion, Hindustan Pushpak and Toyota Qualis (replaced by the Toyota Innova). Main languages See Languages of ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong of Singapore Area - Total 4,480,000 km2 Population - Total (2004) - Density 550,000,000 122. ...
The Chevrolet Tavera is an MUV that is sold in the ASEAN market and India. ...
The Chevrolet Tavera is an MUV that is sold in the ASEAN market and India. ...
Ford Fusion is a name used on two different types of cars from the Ford Motor Company. ...
The Toyota Innova is an MUV that replaced the Toyota Kijang in Indonesia. ...
Public image in the USA Minivans have a mixed image. They have a reputation for poor maneuverability and performance in comparison with other types of vehicles. However, they are also the vehicle of choice for large suburban families, and are frequently associated with "soccer moms". Perhaps because of these associations, minivan are often seen as dowdy or boring. Many buyers who need a car with a large amount of luggage and passenger space prefer the rugged, go-anywhere image of SUVs or the sporty, upscale image of European station wagons like the BMW 3 Series or the Volvo V70 provide. Whether large SUVs such as the Chevrolet Suburban and Ford Expedition are affected by similar stigmas as their designers attempt to compete with minivan comfort and convenience remains to be seen. Image File history File linksMetadata Caravans. ...
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Hot Wheels Car - Dodge Viper Hot Wheels is a popular brand of toy automobile, introduced by U.S. toymaker Mattel in 1968. ...
The Dodge Caravan and Dodge Grand Caravan are minivans manufactured by DaimlerChrysler (they were sold by the Chrysler Corporation until 1998). ...
In United States social, cultural and political discourse, soccer mom refers broadly to a demographic group of women with school-age children. ...
A sport utility vehicle, or SUV, is a type of passenger vehicle which combines passenger-carrying and load-hauling abilities with the versatility of a pickup truck. ...
The BMW 3 Series is a line of compact luxury cars manufactured by BMW since May 1975. ...
The Volvo V70 is a full-size station wagon. ...
A sport utility vehicle, or SUV, is a type of passenger vehicle which combines passenger-carrying and load-hauling abilities with the versatility of a pickup truck. ...
The Chevrolet Suburban is one of the longest-lived automobile nameplates in the United States. ...
The Ford Expedition is a Full-size SUV built by the Ford Motor Company. ...
Minivan model prototype oddities The Pontiac Trans Sport, along with its siblings the Chevrolet Lumina APV and Oldsmobile Silhouette, were a trio of minivans that débuted with radical styling in fall 1989 as 1990 models. ...
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