Minivan/Van

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Southeast Toyota are issuing a recall on certain Toyota Corolla compact and Sienna minivan models which stems from aftermarket parts used in the vehicles. Affected models include model year 2011 Toyota Sienna and 2010-2011 Toyota Corollas. According to the automaker, the retention clip used ...    Read more

We're all for safety here at Automotive.com, and many recalls are extremely serious. And then there are others: Toyota is issuing a recall on spare tires on its seven and eight passenger 2011-12 Toyota Sienna minivans. The weight the tire can support is mislabeled, and understandably, Toyota isn't taking any ...    Read more

Move over U-Haul, there's a new guy on the block. Zipcar, the car sharing company that provides vehicles to members for a low fee, is expanding into light-duty van rentals. The new program is currently a pilot, with six vans situated in San Francisco and Oakland; that number rises to ...    Read more

Chrysler's Town & Country has always been the more refined sibling of the Dodge Grand Caravan, coming loaded with features such as leather seats, power windows and locks, and foldaway seats.  But San Jose psychologist Charles Preston got a little more than he bargained for when he recently purchased a ...    Read more

The last time you saw a new VW Bus was a time of making love and not war. It was a simpler time before the internet when you could be a little immature and it wouldn’t end up making a million rounds of laughter on YouTube. It was a time ...    Read more

Toyota has dominated the compact car and mid-sized car segments in the U.S. for years with its Corolla and Camry, respectively. Could the automaker soon add minivans to that list? How? According to Automotive News, Chrysler's Dodge Caravan has sold 92,930 minivans through October this year with the Toyota Sienna following ...    Read more

Consider the 2012 Nissan NV3500 HD a godsend—at least if you’re a holy roller in need of a new set of wheels. If you’re fed up with the establishment of available church vans and you long for something else, Nissan now has a 12-passenger version of its full-size NV van. ...    Read more

When purchasing a minivan one of the primary concerns is safety. Every year the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety puts an array of cars, trucks, SUV's and minivans through rigorous testing to find the safest vehicles on the market. Vehicle categories include minicars and small cars all the way up ...    Read more

If you’re in New York City tomorrow through this Saturday and have a chance to go see the new Nissan NV200 “Taxi of Tomorrow” for yourself, go for it—especially if you’re a frequent rider. But if ...    Read more

Nissan is ramping up its showcase premier for the forthcoming Nissan NV200 “Taxi of Tomorrow” in New York City. Over the five-day expo, the brand that won the Big Apple’s taxicab contract will have an interactive display at Broadway and Fifth Avenue to introduce new features in the city’s new ...    Read more

As the minivan that Nissan says “gets” parenting better than any of its rivals, the Nissan Quest fortunately also only gets a mild price bump in some models for the 2012 model year. Starting at the same $28,560, including $810 for destination and handling, as the last-year model, the base ...    Read more

In July, we wrote about New York City's taxi cabs of yesterday, today, and tomorrow, a confusing menagerie of different brands and models vying for yellowcab supremacy. But according to the Wall Street Journal, the US Attorney's Office in Manhattan says that Nissan's Taxi of Tomorrow is in violation ...    Read more

Chrysler Group boss Sergio Marchionne has decided to only offer one minivan in the future and the Chrysler Town & Country will be it. The Dodge Grand Caravan, along with the mid-size Avenger, will be getting the axe and replaced by a single crossover in 2013. However, this move has some ...    Read more

For grocery shoppers with only so many limbs to spare, the Honda Odyssey’s power liftgate may be one of mankind’s greatest achievements. But even the best innovations still come fraught with bugs, as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) found: It's investigating the Odyssey’s power liftgate for a potential ...    Read more

It looks like Mitsubishi will be getting a luxury sedan in the near future with some help from Nissan. Expanding upon its original Original Equipment Manufacturing agreement, Nissan and Mitsubishi have decided to add a luxury sedan into Mitsubishi's lineup. The idea of adding a high-end vehicle to Mitsubishi's stable ...    Read more

Not every dad can rock the Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0 as the family whip. Even with a disposable income, it’s occasionally necessary to haul groceries, store Little League equipment, and yes, take over the neighborhood carpool duties. Thus, for dads, the word "practical" and "car" are sometimes lumped into the ...    Read more

Ever since the divorce of DaimlerChrysler in 2009, Dodge has struggled to find a replacement for the Sprinter vans. Fiat says look no further as it plans to assemble a large panel commercial van based on the Fiat Ducato to sell in the U.S. Chrysler will build 30,000 vans ...    Read more

Chrysler and Dodge minivans are under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for a potential fault in their headlight mechanism. Vans built from 2005 onward may have their headlights spontaneously shut off, with the driver unable to turn them back on. Customers have filed 1541 complaints about the headlights ...    Read more

The autosphere's a-buzzing with what may be the first exterior shot of the upcoming Mercedes-Benz B-Class scheduled to debut next month at the Frankfurt Motor Show. Roughly the size, and even shape, of the Mazda5 compact minivan, Mercedes has teased for months that it may bring the compact hatch across the ...    Read more

Driving a vehicle past the 100,000 mile mark has become more common, with the erratic economy convincing many to hang onto their current rides longer than ever before.  If that describes you, and you want to go another 100,000 miles, keeping up with your regularly scheduled maintenance is key. Here ...    Read more

Nissan is recalling 2012 Altima midsize sedans and 2012 Nissan NV full-size vans for faulty airbag modules that were installed incorrectly during vehicle production. The recall affects 54 vehicles, including 2012 Nissan Altima sedans manufactured from June 15, 2011 to June 21, 2011 and 2012 NVs manufactured from ...    Read more

Buses normally don't draw stares, unless you miss them at the bus station, or they get in front of your car in rush hour traffic. In both cases, such stares are usually followed by an angry stream of Navy-worthy expletives. However, there were surely plenty of WTFs floating through the ...    Read more

Car sickness: It comes and goes, right? Not necessarily, says a new study. According to Diamond Insurance, a British insurance provider that caters to women, sixty percent of respondents who suffered "road ptyalise" as children still displayed symptoms as adults. Worse yet, those who do not outgrow car sickness are five ...    Read more

Chrysler is recalling 299,718 of its 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country minivans to replace the Occupant Restraint Control (ORC) modules, which control the performance of the front airbag system. The issue is the ORC modules may have been exposed to moisture and could eventually illuminate the airbag ...    Read more

By most measures, Honda continues to offer the things that many consumers want in a car: exceptional fit and finish, fuel efficiency, high resale value, and reliability that is second-to-none. Its family-friendly lineup has traditionally been fun and accessible, while consistently placing at or near the top of the charts. But ...    Read more