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Junkyard Find: 1987 Dodge Caravan SE V6

The Truth About Cars

Discarded examples of the first- generation Chrysler minivans have been much more difficult to find, but I ran across this '87 Caravan in Colorado Springs last week. The K-platform -based Chrysler minivan first appeared as a 1984 model, as the Caravan and Plymouth Voyager. four-cylinder with 150 horses tearing up the front tires.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLII)

The Truth About Cars

There was little difference between the two by the end as the Blass adopted LSC features and power. There were simply fewer coupe buyers as Americans ran to minivans and the earliest family-friendly SUVs. Only trim remained to tell them apart. But the idea was scrapped, as it was decided the development would be too costly.

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LA show displays green car ‘glimpse into the future’

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The show, based at the Los Angeles Convention Center will host more than 30 significant world and North American debuts and feature more than 900 vehicles from sports cars and sedans to crossovers and minivans. fuel vehicles including hybrids, modern clean-diesel, electric, hydrogen fuel cell and ethanol powered vehicles.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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The utility.will get a Ford plug-in hybrid vehicle by the end of this year and as many as 20 by some time in 2009 to test their durability, range and impact on the power grid, said Susan M. And ride off into the sunset on electric power. Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By

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