Chrysler To travel

The Chrysler Voyager is a car model which was officially marketed in France as from 1989. It was already a question of the second model Of travelling, because this one began its career in the USA in 1983. The Chrysler Voyager is to date, the " monospace" (although rather fesant part of the category of the minivans, non-existent category in) more sold with the world with more than 10 million produced units. (For information: Renault did not sell its millionth SPACE yet)

While being able to Europe To travel it a diesel motorization with the 2,5L Turbo from VM receives, Moreover these minis van are assembled to Austria.

One can in fact qualified the Chrysler Voyager as being the ancètre modern minivan. The first models left in December 1983 is 6 months before Renault SPACES. it has took all its concurents speeds what was worth the arrival of Chevrolet ASTRO and Ford AEROSTAR in 1985. The first models possédaientt a grill with 4 assembled headlights 2 by 2. The engines available at the time were a 2.2L Chrysler of 86 ch (for 1500 kg!!) and an engine Mitsubushi 2.6L of 100 ch. In 1987, full with change with beginning the front face which loses 2 headlights with the passage:

But the other evolution are under the cap: one now finds a 2.5L of 100 ch and the arrival of a 3.0L V6 conceived with Mitsubishi of 143 ch what allows Travelling to a little better trail itself on the road.

They exist now in long version which adds nearly 40 cm. That made more place for the passengers of the bench of the bottom and the trunk. These models will not be imported into France.

Side anecdotes, in 1988, the first limps car with electronic management produced in series déboule with 4 reports/ratios plus an overdrive. Side the USA, the year 1989 will vera to appear a TURBO 2.5L but it will disappear in 1990.

In 1991, the second generation of Voyagers arrives. If the air of family is undeniable, Chrysler announces 70% of different parts. It is true that the front faces and backs are different as well as the instrument panel and the benches.

The long models are finally imported into France.

Side motorization, an innovation of size: an engine Turrbo Diesel 2.5L of 115ch makes its appearance. It is about well-known model VM Italian especially in the manufacturers of cylinder heads (black humor!!!). Indeed, the cylinder heads are very fragile and break at the end of approximately 150.000 km. Extremely fortunately, those available in exchange are reinforced like on the TD sold as from 1994.

For the gasolines, one finds the 2.5L seen previously but one notes also the arrival of one 3.3 L V6 of 150 ch. to note disappearance with the French catalog of Voyagers motorized with the 3.0L V6 whereas this engine provided jusqqu' in 2000 on the models of the mark in the rest of the world. One 3.8 L V6 of 165 ch is available to the USA in 1994.

1996 (1995 in the USA), 3rd generation of Voyagers all is new except the engines and the gear boxes:

With the menu, one finds the 2.5L Turbo D, the 3.3L V6 and the puffing 2.5L (I recall: 100 ch for 1.700 kg!) is replaced by new 4 cylinders of 2.4L extremely of 150 ch. Le 3.3L passes to 165 ch and the 3.8L climbs with 180 ch.

Attention with the model of 1996 and 1997 equipped with the turbo engine D: one atteind the tops side catastrophe. VM which provides Chrysler to replaced, for the distribution of this engine, cascades of pinions by a chain of distribution. Unfortunately, this one proves VERY fragile and of many noted breakings one. For the models 1998 and afterwards, Chrysler passes by again with the cascade of pinions.

2001: the return and the 4th generation To travel:

Driving side, one finds the same ones as on the precedent with some alternatives: the 2.4L of 150 ch does not move, the 3.3L V6 passes to 180 ch and the 3.8L V6 passes to 210 ch (but it is not distributed any more in France). As for Turbo D, it adpate from now on technology common rail and that power pass thus to 141 ch.

Contrary to its concurents American, To travel it will have undergoes several evolution whereas models as the Chevrolet Astro did not change or if little. Moreover today, the minivans of the group Chrysler (Chrysler To travel, Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Caravan), hold nearly 40% of the market of the minivans with the E. - U.).

To travel exists in Europe under the following motorizations:

2,5L gasoline limps about it manual (Mopar engine)
3,0L gasoline limps about it automatic (Mitsubishi engine)
3,3L gasoline limps about it automatic (Mopar engine)
2,5L turbo diesel limps about it manual (engine VM)

one also finds:

2,0L gasoline
2,4L gasoline
2,8L Turbo diesel

But one also finds it in 3,8L gasoline limps about it automatic in general in importation (Mopar engine) in 2,5L turbo gasoline (very rare) in importation (Mopar engine) and one also finds it in transmission AWD (4 driving wheels) starting from the 3.0L.

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