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This article is about the minivan. To see the article about other cars named the Town and Country, see Chrysler Town and Country (pre-1990).

The Chrysler Town and Country is a minivan marketed by DaimlerChrysler. The Town and Country was introduced in 1990, while its sister vehicles, the Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager, had already been in production since the 1984 model year. Chrysler's success of the Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager pursued the company to produce one of the ever-first luxury minivans, and GM was in hot pursuit by releasing the Oldsmobile Silhouette. But they arrived at dealerships the same time, which was in 1990.

Since their introduction, the Chrysler minivans have been the best-selling minivans in the United States.

Overview

The Town and Country was introduced in 1990. Before the introduction of the 1990 Chrysler Town & Country, the name had been used on several Chrysler vehicles from 1941 to 1988.

Since the beginning of production in the fall of 1983, more than 11 million Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth minivans have been sold as of mid-2005.

Special anniversary editions of the Chrysler minivans have been issued to mark significant milestones; the first, in 1994, is notable for the "10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EDITION". The twentieth anniversary was marked in 2004 with the Platinum Series Town & Country.

1990

The Town and Country was introduced in 1990 as a companion to the Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan; it was essentially a more luxurious version of the Plymouth Grand Voyager. The first Town and Country minivan used the Chrysler S platform, which was closely related to the K-cars (Plymouth Reliant and Dodge Aries). A three-speed TorqueFlite automatic transmission was standard, with an optional electronically-controlled four-speed automatic.

Engines

3.0 L Mitsubishi 6G72 V6, 142 hp (106 kW)
3.3 L Chrysler V6, 150 hp (112 kW)

1991-1995

The 1991 through 1995 Town and Country's used the Chrysler AS platform. These were the last Town and Country's that were derived from the Chrysler K platform.

Innovations

"Quad Command" bucket seating (1991), made standard on Town and Country (1992)
Integrated child safety seats (1992), improved design with recliners (1994)
Available anti-lock brakes (1991)
First driver's side airbag in a minivan (1991), made standard (1992), and first dual front airbags (1994)
First minivan to meet 1998 U.S. federal safety standards (1994)

Engines

1991–1995 3.3 L Chrysler V6, 150 hp (112 kW) 1991-93, 162 hp (121 kW) 1994-95
1991–1995 3.0 L Mitsubishi 6G72 V6, 141 hp (105 kW)
1991–1995 3.8 L Chrysler V6, 162 hp (121 kW)

Year-to-year changes

1992: All-wheel drive and integrated child safety seats were both options and a driver's side airbag was standard on '92 Town & Country's. On the exterior the vinyl woodgrain sides could be deleted and replaced by a gold pinstripe along the beltline. Also gold lacy-spoke alloy wheels were available.
1993: Several interior revisions, a stainless steel exhaust system, and new wheels were a few of the changes on '93 Town & Country's.
1994: All '94 Town & Country's were given a passenger's side airbag and knee bolsters. Side door guard beams were installed this year, so that they met 1998 federal side-impact standards. Also made standard was a 3.8 L V6 engine.
1995: The fob for the standard remote keyless entry had to be pressed twice within five seconds to prevent accidental opening of the liftgate.

1996-2000

The 1996 redesign used the Chrysler NS platform and included a driver's-side sliding door, a first. The Town & Country was on Car and Driver magazine's Ten Best list for 1996 and 1997.

Base models of both the Town and Country were offered in most states with either a 2.4 L four-cylinder or a 3.0L Mitsubishi-built V6 engine, except in California and several northeastern states, where the Mitsubishi V6 didn't meet emissions standards. In those locales, the 3.3 L engine was offered as the V6 option from 1997 through 2000. The manual transmission, never popular, was dropped. The 2.4 L four-cylinder engine produced more power than the Mitsubishi 3.0 L had in the first two generations.

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Cars - Chrysler Town and Country

Overview

1990

Engines

1991-1995

Innovations

Engines

Year-to-year changes

1996-2000

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