Minivan/Van
FCA resumes minivan output at Ontario plant as floods recede
Aug. 29Full production at Fiat Chrysler Automobile Canada's Windsor Assembly Plant in Windsor, Ontario, resumed early Wednesday morning, after flooding from two days of heavy rain halted output.
VW waves green flag for Microbus-styled electric MPV
June 20Volkswagen's long-awaited Microbus-styled MPV will see production as an electric vehicle, Auto Express reported.
VW juices famed Microbus for the autonomous era
Jan. 8VW's latest conceptual take on its historic Microbus uses a powerful battery pack and two electric motors to transform the once anemically powered hippie-mobile into an all-wheel-drive, high-capacity autonomous minivan.
Honda stocks '18 Odyssey with technology
Jan. 9In a hotly contested minivan segment in which an onboard vacuum cleaner no longer qualifies as cutting-edge, Honda's redesigned 2018 Odyssey takes family-friendly features into the digital era.
First Shift: Chrysler's electric minivan concept
Jan. 3FCA to show self-driving, electric minivan; Honda back to Super Bowl; Hyundai, Kia optimistic; S. Korea bans some BMW, Nissan, Porsche sales; Snyder: Photo finish for '16 sales?
FCA's minivan plant in Canada to resume operations Monday
Nov. 10, 2016Fiat Chrysler said its Windsor assembly plant will be operational Monday, Nov. 14, after a parts shortage idled production there for a week.
Parts shortage to idle FCA's Canada minivan plant, union says
Nov. 3, 2016Fiat Chrysler will idle its minivan assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario, beginning Monday, Canadian union officials said, because of a parts shortage.
FCA prepares Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid launch
Oct. 7, 2016The Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid is being tested on the streets of metro Detroit ahead of the start of production next month.
AutoNews Now: Toyota makes progress in Plano
May 31, 2016Early look at Toyota's new Texas HQ; Can minivans help keep FCA's win streak going?; Cadillacs, coffee and culture in NYC; More range for VW e-Golf; Nissan plans 'massive' ad push.
FCA's sales streak rides on minivans
May 29, 2016If Fiat Chrysler ekes out its 74th consecutive year-over-year sales increase in May, as expected, it will likely do so with a big assist from a segment often dismissed as a has-been -- minivans.
Fast growth for a showroom ghost
May 2, 2016U.S. sales of full-size vans are increasing eight times faster than the industry average. The growth has commercial vans on track to top half a million sales for the first time ever this year.
