Inside, the polarity of design between these two is also evident. Its profile looks more like that of a traditional minivan, with big, square sliding doors and relatively tiny wheels, but this tester’s Sunset Bronze Mica ( read: sparkly brown) paint looks great and gleams in the sunlight. The overhauled 2021 Toyota Sienna adopts some contemporary styling traits from the rest of the brand’s lineup, like the flamboyant taillight design and enormous grille that appears to be devouring a stack of pancakes. Add in the 20-inch wheels and the Pacifica’s clean design holds its own at the school drop-off line. For 2021, Chrysler’s stylists gave the Pacifica a larger grille and redesigned taillights, both of which make the van look decidedly more like a crossover.
Parked in the grocery store lot amidst a sea of crossovers, the 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle neither stands out for its beauty, nor for any unfashionable awkwardness. Perhaps, then, it’s time for the similarly pragmatic minivan’s renaissance, too.) (Ironically, high-waisted denim has regained favour in recent years for its practical comfort. The van’s hipness was fleeting, however, and in the ’90s minivans became as fashionable as mom jeans. In the 1980s, families flocked to minivans as the must-have vehicle to replace the suddenly uncool station wagon that had been a family staple for decades. The former is now offered with all-wheel drive for the first time, while the latter has added a hybrid powertrain to its repertoire that already includes four-wheel traction. It was a quirky thing, even offering a truck-like four-wheel drive system, and it was subsequently replaced by the equally odd mid-engined Previa before the Sienna finally arrived.īoth brands have learned an awful lot over the decades of making minivans and seemingly applied it all to the thoroughly refreshed - and properly posh - 2021 Chrysler Pacifica and 2021 Toyota Sienna. And while Chrysler is credited with inventing the minivan, it was around the time the Caravan first appeared that Toyota began importing its LiteAce van to North America.
In the 37 years since, they’ve stuck by the genre through thriving years and lean ones, even when it looked like the minivan’s days were over thanks to the popularity of SUVs. Chrysler introduced its first minivan in 1984, popularizing the family-friendly format for North American motorists.
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