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Chrysler Celebrates Its 100th Birthday with a Special-Edition Minivan

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Few people likely view a minivan as a solid birthday gift, but Chrysler is celebrating its 100th anniversary with one. Three colors are available, including Red Hot, Bright White, and Hydro Blue, and buyers can choose between front- or all-wheel drive Pacifica models as the base vehicle. Inside, the Pacifica offers a 10.1-inch

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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs

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Over the years, the company has pioneered a number of advanced powertrain technologies, including both natural gas and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. None of those were battery-electric vehicles, however. That left Honda severely behind in the global race toward long-range electric vehicles that Tesla kicked off in 2012 with its Model S.

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: electric Microbus finally arrives

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Behind the wheel, our jaunt down Lombard Street immediately made clear that while this is a largish vehicle—it has the footprint of the VW Atlas Cross Sport midsize two-row SUV—its 37.4-foot Second, the vehicle icon in the header bar of the 12.9-inch foot turning circle makes it hugely maneuverable (42.7 Two examples suffice.

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Kia Details the New Electric PV5 Van At Its EV Day Event In Spain

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While the never minivan people have a point about the vehicles being boring to drive and bulky, the new Kia PV5 might be cool enough to change some minds. The automaker revealed the van at its EV Day in Spain this week, showing three body styles and a load of features that take advantage of its skateboard-like underpinnings.

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Shift aside Range Rover, look out Rolls-Royce: Zeekr 9X is China’s new uber SUV, complete with 42,242 laser engravings

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2025 Zeekr 009 electric minivan priced for Australia, and undercuts Lexus LM by $25,000 The 9X promises more than 300km of EV-only running and 0-100km/h acceleration in just 3.0 Already Zeekr has the 009 people mover, a high-performance three-row vehicle priced from $135,900 plus on-road costs.

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Junkyard Find: 1994 Chevrolet Chevy Van with 314,837 miles

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I'm always looking for vehicles with notably large final odometer readings in car graveyards , and this search becomes frustrating with American pickups and vans. I keep a spreadsheet with all the 300k-plus-mile junkyard vehicles I've documented, so I can sort the standings quickly. Coincidence? That's about $35,825 in 2025 dollars.

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In China, Wuling launches electric minivan, Chevrolet introduces 48V MHEV Monza

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In China, Wuling launched its first electric minivan, the Rong Guang EV, and Chevrolet launched four new Monza variants featuring 48V mild hybrid technology. In China, General Motors, its subsidiaries and its joint venture entities sell vehicles under the Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Holden, Baojun and Wuling brands. Rong Guang EV.

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