Australian Car Guide

2001 May: The 4^th generation Voyager people mover arrived in Australia. Voyager is available in three levels of trim - SE, LX and Limited.

Standard on the SE (and others) are ABS disc brakes, power locking, power front windows & rear quarter vents, and front and side airbags for the front seats. The LX gets 3-zone automatic temperature control (optional on the SE), 16" alloy wheels, roof rack, and overhead console & trip computer. The Limited gets traction control, power sliding doors & leather seats (all optional on the LX), audio controls on the steering wheel, self-levelling suspension, and a 10-CD player.

People buy the Voyager for its seven seats, and its load carrying ability. Safety features include the ABS brakes, airbags and seat belt pretensioners for the driver and front passenger, lap-sash seat belts in row three, and anchor points for child seats in rows two and three.

Voyager's 3.3 litre V6 (128) is transversely mounted and drives the front wheels through a 4-speed automatic gearbox.

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Manufacturer's data, 2001 Voyager and Grand Voyager:

• people mover, 7-seats (2+2+3), 5-doors, ABS, front airbags
• loa: 4803mm, width: 1997mm, height: 1750mm
• turning radius: 5.8m
• weight: 1848kg (unladen), towing: 816kg (unbraked)
• 3.3 litres, petrol, V6, mpfi, 2-valves/cyl, ohv
• bore: 93mm, stroke: 81mm, c.r.: 9.3:1
• transmission: 4-speed automatic, front wheel drive, traction control option
  all wheel drive option (not .au as of 2001)
• suspension: MacPherson strut-coils/ live leaf, brakes: disc/disc
• tyres: 215/65HR16, fuel-tank: 75L
  • Grand Voyager:
  • loa: 5094mm, width 1997mm height: 1749mm
  • weight: 1862kg - 1973kg (Limited)
• Prices: 50K - 68K ( 5/2001)

2000 January: DaimlerChrysler had the all new (4th generation) Chrysler Voyager people mover (minivan in the USA!) at the North American International Auto Show (Detroit). The car will be built in Graz, Austria. The Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town and Country share the same platform.

The new Voyager has side airbags, powered opening tail-gate & dual side-doors, improved 3.3-litre V6 petrol (134) or 2.5-litre common-rail turbo-charged diesel (104) engines.

1995: Third generation Voyager launched in Europe.

1991: MPV manufacturing facility in Graz, Austria, a joint venture partner Steyr-Daimler-Puch started building Voyagers.

1990: Optional 3.3-litre V6.

1988: The Voyager stepped out of the USA, starting at the Mondial de L'Automobile in Paris.

1987: Long-wheelbase, seven-seat Chrysler Grand Voyager. 3-litre V6.

1983: Voyager I launched (USA).

1978: Project T-115 began.

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