Its pretty easy to swap VW diesels into those, you get 50mpg. Your Arizona van would be a good candidate
That is interesting.
Is there a shop anywhere in the USA that routinely transplants VW diesels into older Chrysler minivans?
I would guess that pre-1995 models with OBD-I no longer have to get emissions tested, except in California.
I remember reading years ago that Chrysler was building special minivans for VW to sell under the VW nameplate as the “Routan.”
Did any of those get VW diesel engines for the European market?
My fuzzy memory seems to recall that VW “tweaked” the front end shape and grille of their Chrysler built minivan Routan version to make them slightly more aerodynamic. Cd of 0.31 versus Chrysler’s 0.34 if I remember right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Routanhttps://www.allpar.com/d3/model/caravan.htmlsample quote
Richard Beck wrote that Motoring Life claimed a new Chrysler Voyager SE 2.5 l turbo diesel got 65 mpg. One in every three Voyagers sold in Ireland was a Grand version, which the magazine called “the luxury limousine of the MPV sector,” at over £45,000. All Voyagers offered the choice of gasoline or diesel engines, the Voyager getting the 2.4 liter with either five-speed manual or four-speed automatic, and the Grand Voyager with the 3.3 V6 and an automatic - both had the 2.5 liter turbodiesel as an option with a five speed manual.
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