Being born in 1983, the minivan boom and bust is the first automotive styling trend that I’ve seen the beginnings to and the end of in my lifetime. When they appeared right about the same time I did, minivans were the perfect answer to the dowdy image of the station wagon: instead of being big, heavy versions of the biggest car nearby, you could now get seating for many people plus cargo in an upright breadbox. It’s easy to look back and make fun of minivans now, but know full well that when Iacocca saw the sales sheets start pouring into his office, that he was laughing all the way to the bank…and maybe giving anyone he knew from his tenure at Ford all sorts of hell for not listening to him in the 1970s when he first pitched the idea. Chrysler led the way with minvans with the Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager twins and later on added the Chrysler Town & Country and everybody else soon sprouted tiny boxes of their own that defined 1980s and 1990s family life. 
We know how this story turns out: By the mid-1990s, minivans were starting to go away and the Great Sport Utility Epoch began. Minivans were being traded off for Jeep Cherokees and Ford Explorers, and just like the station wagons before them, minivans were soon persona non grata…they were now dorky family-mobiles that smelled of stale French fries and had stains in the carpets that you simply did not ask questions about. The front-drive minivan was nothing more than an extra vehicle that was relegated to “emergency use only” levels.
Honestly, it’s very unlikely that you’ll see restored minivans at shows in the next ten to twenty years. It’s even more unlikely that you’ll find another minivan quite like this 1993 Plymouth Voyager. We don’t know the why behind why it got converted into some kind of deep-well utility, but honestly…is it that bad, really? A 3.3L V6 powered front-drive ute might actually make a decent little shop hauler…it’s unique and it’s not like you’ll feel bad throwing stuff into the back. We aren’t too sure about the bumpside-era Ford taillights, but overall we’d throw an engine in the bed and take off.
I’d kill to have a clean example of my first gen Voyager again. Simple, adequate power, and efficient. Today’s stuff just has too much crap in and on them!
pretty well done,but no working tailgate,so,kinda useless
That’s the only drawback of this Voyager but still like it.
It kinda looks like that Honda “truck” they sell now.
If the big three would have built it, they would have sold well.
I hate that I don’t hate it.
BLEH! Minivans are a curse. Repent! These demons must be destroyed!
Yuk. I don’t understand how this is cool but the 82 Mirada isn’t. I must be blind. Had a Grand Caravan and enjoyed its usefulness. This is useless and fugly. To each your own. Head shake head shake headache
Another crappy post by the great mctaggart haha
And more proof that you’re too lazy to click away. It’s getting old.
Your reporting of total garbage is getting old how are you even employed in this field??????
Realdeal seriously you really have nothing better to do. Your soft ass is over here worrying about McTaggart’s reporting. What field are you in automotive blog critic? Seriously?! Go suck-start a 9mil if you cant hit that little “x” in the corner.
Beavermartin your name says it all your nothing but a big pu$$y hiding behind your keyboard you should mind your business and go back to the corner and suck your thumb I just like giving the guy a hard time
Address available on request. I ain’t hiding from shit there guy.
I don’t hate it and I think the concept is solid. Though I’d rather have a full size G20 based one with a tailgate and a ramp side like the old Corvair truck.