Plymouth Voyager III Idea
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Plymouth Voyager III
First Proven: 1990 Chicago Auto Present
Description: Two-in-one financial system automotive and minivan
Gross sales Pitch: “Challenges typical automotive design, and addresses future transportation points.”
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Plymouth Voyager III
Particulars:
First seen on the 1990 Chicago Auto Present, the Voyager III was one thing out of Saturday-morning cartoon, the place it probably ought to have stayed. The Two-piece individuals mover featured a removable entrance module that was powered by a 3-cylinder engine, probably powered by propane, and seating for 3 passengers. The ahead part was designed to be environment friendly and straightforward to maneuver when working independently.
When backed into—and mated to—the passenger module, the Voyager III Idea featured seating for as much as 11 passengers (3+8). The rear module was geared up with a 2.2-liter 4-cylinder engine, that, when working in tandem with the entrance module’s engine produced 250 horsepower. The rear engine may very well be engaged and disengaged as energy calls for warranted, bettering gasoline financial system when cruising or flippantly loaded.
When related to the rear module, the entrance module’s rear wheels retracted up into the car to scale back drag and enhance maneuverability.
Per Plymouth, the totally assembled Voyager III was simply 8.5 inches longer than a manufacturing Plymouth Grand Voyager. Sadly, inside photos of the Voyager III are tough to return by.
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Plymouth Voyager III
CG Says:
When you’ve by no means puzzled why you may’t join your automobiles collectively, the Plymouth Voyager III could not make sense to you. That’s okay, as a result of it doesn’t make any sense to me, both. Per legendary auto government Bob Lutz, then with the Chrysler Company, the Voyager III would have price far an excessive amount of to deliver to market, so it’s possibilities of seeing manufacturing had been slim.
Fact is, novel as the thought was, it didn’t make any extra sense than merely proudly owning an reasonably priced commuter automotive and a minivan, and NOT mating them collectively. Contemplate this: The Voyager III, for all of its complexity and potential price, was only a single automotive—the again half wouldn’t operate independently of the entrance. So, the Voyager III was like paying for 2 automobiles, and solely proudly owning one.
Additionally…propane, actually? Think about the effort of hauling each items of your mega-minivan right down to the native propane dispensary for particular person fills. Enjoyable as it’s to take a look at, the Voyager III Idea addressed no truly transportation points in any handy or affordable style.
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