Spy Shots: 2008 Chrysler Town and Country
Over at WorldCarFans are a couple of spy shots in which a heavily camo’d 2008 Chrysler Town and Country (or Dodge Caravan) has been caught behind the fences. While the spy shots themselves don’t reveal much about what we’ll see next January when both the redesigned Chrysler T&C and Dodge Caravan are unveiled at the Detroit auto show, the accompanying artist’s rendering is intriguing. Actually, it’s eerily familiar.
More after the jump...
[Photo courtesy of WorldCarFans]
While we’re guessing it didn’t take that long to photoshop pieces and parts of the Chrysler 300C and Dodge
Magnum onto a minivan, the end result is interesting to say the least, and we’re betting you guys will either
love it or hate it.
Is the world ready for a 300C minivan? We bet the world will warm up right quick to such a beast of burden if it’s got a HEMI V6 and AWD. If the new Town and Country looks like anything like this pug-nosed, no-nonsense family hauler, Chrysler will likely kick start the minvan market just like it did the RWD sedan market with the 300C.
Is the world ready for a 300C minivan? We bet the world will warm up right quick to such a beast of burden if it’s got a HEMI V6 and AWD. If the new Town and Country looks like anything like this pug-nosed, no-nonsense family hauler, Chrysler will likely kick start the minvan market just like it did the RWD sedan market with the 300C.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Maverick 6:45AM (3/27/2006)
Its a FAKE, FAKE, FAKE
That is not the future Chrysler Voyager. Roanoke is right.
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M3 power 8:39AM (4/22/2006)
That`s only for blind people! i think that`s one of the ugliest car i`ve ever seen!!
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John Zulauf 2:07PM (5/29/2006)
Its nice that Chrysler is finally redesigning their minvans since the changes have only been minimum since the Dodge and Chrysler minivans of the 90's. I do think it is a bit odd looking but I did grow to like it. It has the same face as the 300C and similar body like the dodge magnum. Does this mean that the dodge minivan will look like and actual larger model of the dodge magnum? Or is that a picture of a predicted design?
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Jay 5:06PM (9/06/2006)
I'm looking for awd to be reintroduced in the T&C. Any firm information on that configuration? My wife also wants hid/xenon headlights on our next hauler. Whaddya guys know?
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Stewart Pickard 1:03PM (10/13/2006)
This looks great! We're coming into the market for a minivan in '08 and this would definitely be on my list. Yes, it is a 300C knockoff, but so what? I love the idea of creating a more masculine minivan. Now, if they could put a biodiesel engine in it, that would be something!
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John 12:26PM (10/26/2006)
I think that chrysler is loosing the Minivan style with the Town&Country 2008. The front looks like the 3000 of Chrysler and I dont like it,this new model looks like a SUV or a car.
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Roberto Prieto 3:49PM (12/12/2006)
Here is the best pic to date of how is going to look the new Town and Country:
http://www.cwwcardesign.com/cars/pics/chrysler_voyager.jpg
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billyjoejimbob 6:37PM (1/03/2007)
That thing gotta Hemi init? It looks like its got a Hemi init. I'd buy one if its gotta Hemi init!
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Emerika 6:49PM (7/03/2007)
Take a look at this:
http://www.allpar.com/model/m/2008-minivans.html
That is a much better design.
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emulous1974 1:09PM (1/17/2006)
If Chrysler slaps the 300 face onto their mini-van than they will bastardize the impact the 300 has had on the American sedan market.
Plus I'd rather see what VW will due with it, rather than Chyrsler and Dodge.
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Swat Lax 1:12PM (1/17/2006)
Why do the photos call it the "Chrysler Voyager" instead of the "Town and Country," like autoblog? Is the Voyager name being brought back from Plymouth's graveyard as an update of the Town and Country name, or is this a Canadian name thing?
P.S. I could be wrong, but I just don't know if the "Baby-Bently of mini-vans" approach would work.
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AutoFan 1:22PM (1/17/2006)
Ha! The rendering looks like a caricature of a 300C-based minivan. Which, in a way, is what it is.
I agree with emulous...slapping that nose on a minivan will kill the cachet of the sedan. And there's really no reason to think that Chrysler will do this; the 300C's nose has remained unique, and other new Chrysler products don't emulate it.
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digi01 1:25PM (1/17/2006)
my god is that horribly ugly.
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TE 1:27PM (1/17/2006)
Umm, the proportions of that rendering are totally off, compare it side by side to the spy shots - true it is heavily camo-ed, but the silhouette is completely wrong: look at the windows! Yeah, see, I can photoshop the front of a 300 onto a minivan too. I'm not impressed.
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Strom 1:27PM (1/17/2006)
I think that it would sell well, but I'm not sure that it would still have the normal benefits of a minivan over an SUV (i.e. - better gas mileage, better/more quiet ride).
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Kyle J. Krenz 1:47PM (1/17/2006)
I don't wanna hear anything else about how GM is always the one who runs out of ideas; this one kills me from laughing so much.
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Rocket Punch 1:49PM (1/17/2006)
Perfect for the upcoming "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" movie.
Kawabunga!
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Kyle J. Krenz 1:51PM (1/17/2006)
I don't wanna hear anything else about how GM is always the one who runs out of ideas; this one kills me from laughing so much.
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Chris 1:52PM (1/17/2006)
Hmm, that illustration is nothing more than a Chrysler 300 Touring with the roof raised.
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Mark Weber 2:02PM (1/17/2006)
I think it looks pretty good. My questions are, will it kill the aerodynamics and reduce gas mileage? How will it do on pedestrian crash tests compared to the old aerodynamic design?
They are doing "Dodge Ram" grills all over the place at Dodge (the new Caliber, for example); I suppose it makes sense to have the the 300C grills all over the place at Chrysler. At least both are better than the chrome venetian blinds popping up at Ford (Fusion, then Five Hundred, etc.)
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