S
The S platform descended from the Chrysler K platform and underpinned the Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country minivans, as well as the now defunct Plymouth Voyager minivan. Chrysler manufactured the Generation I minivans, internally codenamed T-115 during development from October 1983 until 1990. Origins of the T-115 platform date back to the late 1970s.
The earlier Minivan models included a sedan delivery model with optional double back doors in place of the one-piece lift-gate, as well as the overwhelmingly popular station wagon model.
As with the Suburban moniker for their Plymouth passenger-car based station wagons, Chrysler reportedly failed to trademark the Minivan name. The Suburban name was then trademarked by General Motors for their Carryall light truck-based vans which evolved into light-truck-based station wagons now commonly referred to as SUV's and the term minivan became applied to all van-type wagons and is sometimes applied to cabover type vans.
Models:
- 1984–1990 Dodge Grand Caravan
- 1984–1990 Plymouth Grand Voyager
- 1988–1990 Chrysler Grand Voyager (Europe)
- 1990 Chrysler Town & Country
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