08 Aug 07
The Voyager is now very affordable; most versions come with all the gadgets, toys and cupholders you'll need - well, it is American - and though it hasn't scored at all well in reliability and customer satisfaction surveys, feedback suggests that once initial problems were been sorted out, the Voyager has been well-behaved.
Chrysler Voyager
Right-hand drive Voyagers for the UK were built in Austria by Magna Steyr and seem to be tougher than the US cars, but the interior is still poor in quality terms; it doesn't stand up well to hard use and kid-abuse. The earlier models have an impractical and inflexible seating layout, with a three-person rearmost bench seat that is far too heavy to remove, but from 2004, the Stow'n'Go seat-folding system was a drastic improvement. Long-wheelbase Grand Voyager versions - nearly 17ft long! - are immensely spacious.
The diesel's noisy, but by far the best bet; the 2.0 petrol is far too weak, the later 2.2 and 2.4 little better and the 3.3 V6 too thirsty. Key selling point with the Voyager, though, is that it just looks pretty mean, especially in black or the popular dark purple.
Road Test: Chrysler Voyager 1997-2001
