By Sam HaymartPublished: September 11, 2009Posted in: Trucks/SUVsTags: 2010, Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep, crd, Diesel, Dodge, Minivan
The new Fiat owned Chrysler Group LLC announced today that their Windsor Assembly Plant has begun production of diesel powered minivans only for international markets.
Called the Chrysler Grand Voyager in markets outside North America, the vehicle is sold in more than 80 countries. For those international markets, the Chrysler Grand Voyager is equipped a 2.8-liter common-rail diesel (CRD) engine, which accounts for approximately 90 per cent of sales in some European countries.
One has to wonder one more time why the company which has to give away their cars at a loss here in the States does not offer a model like this in America. While we are sure it is the same old thinking excuse that “Americans don’t like diesels”, it still rings.
Given the vehicle is already engineered, proven and in production the only physical barrier to selling it in the States is tuning it to meet our local emissions regulations. Given it already meets the tough new European laws, it is not that big a leap.
Imagine a day when you can buy a minivan that can get 30 mpg here in America. Imagine a day when Chrysler has products that will actually attract buyers to showrooms on their merits, not on the size of their rebates.
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