The all-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica arrives this spring.
If you thought the minivan segment was in its death throes, you aren’t alone. Last year, segment sales fell by 8 percent in a market where overall sales climbed by more than 5 percent.
However, much of that drop can be attributed to a shutdown at the Fiat Chrysler (FCA) plant in Ontario, Canada early in 2015 explains GoodCarBadCar.net. That cessation allowed FCA to retool the plant to prepare for an all-new model, the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica, now in production.
The minivan market is certainly a small one, with just over 500,000 units sold in recent years. In 2000, just before the crossover SUV craze took hold, manufacturers sold a record 1.37 million units according to Bloomberg. In 2009, that number plummeted to just 415,000 models sold, due in part to an overall collapse in vehicle sales.
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FCA’s most profitable models are its Jeep and Ram products. Minivans are lucrative too, especially when sold in greater numbers.
The end-game strategy for CEO Sergio Marchionne is to make his company more appealing to partners. Marchionne has made it clear that his company’s future lies in the arm of a well-heeled suitor.
New 9-Speed Automatic Transmission
The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica does have something in common with the outgoing Town & Country: both models are powered by a 3.6-liter, V-6 engine. This engine makes 287 horsepower and 262 foot-pounds of torque.
Notably, the transmission has been changed with the Pacifica getting Chrysler’s new 9-speed automatic, replacing the previous 6-speed. That improvement will result in a boost in fuel economy to 18 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway; up from the previous 17/25 mpg city/highway.
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PHEV Variant Arrives
This engine perfectly matches the main purpose of the car, which city driving. It has enough power to make decent accelerations and, more importantly ,, it has good results when it comes to fuel economy. The transfer will be the same 6-speed manual transmission or CVT, which is used for new Fit and it will be in both FWD and AWD configurations.
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