Originally Posted by Greenwood
A few other things to add- Some folks are looking at 13-15 years down the road and saying "Well, cars and trucks can change a lot in that time frame." However, the pace of change in the automotive universe is slowing. There are far fewer differences between my 2009 Ram, that I just sold, and the 2020 that I'm driving, than there were between a 1960 New Yorker, and a 1971. When I sold cars in the 90's, the Gen III Caravan/Voyager arrived in 1995, when the genre was 12 years old. The current Pacifica is now 14 years old, and largely unchanged. It sells alongside a Caravan that dates to 2005 or so. Every automaker has rigs that are long in the tooth, but still sell enough to warrant production.


Good point Greenwood. The current Chrysler Pacifica is actually 6 years old. The Pacifica started production in 2016 for the 2017 model year.

The 5th generation Ram 1500 truck (introduced for the 2009 model year) is still in production as the Ram 1500 Classic. The new (6th generation) Ram 1500 came out in 2019 and is being sold alongside the Ram 1500 Classic.