A V8-powered Dodge Grand Caravan would have been cool. Sure, Dodge teased us with one in the form of a Caravan R/T concept at the 1999 Detroit Auto Show, complete with a 5.9-liter Magnum V8. It never got built. In fact, outside of the realm of a few whacky custom builds and some concepts that never reached production, there’s never been a V8-powered minivan. The GMC Savana was always a little too spartan to be considered a true minivan, and the eight-pot Mercedes-Benz R-Class models technically were not proper members of the segment. So, if you’ve ever wondered why we’ve never been offered a genuine, V8 minivan, then you’re a completely normal gearhead.
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