Category: Large MPV 
Price Range: £26,000 to £33,600
Well-equipped, clever flat-folding rear seats, huge interior space, cheap.
Big and bulky, top-rate tax band, thirsty engines.
Chrysler has improved the Grand Voyager considerably, and it remains a lot of large MPV for the money, but it's now feeling dated.
Chrysler has updated its seven-seater Grand Voyager for 2008. While the shorter-wheelbase Voyager has been discontinued in favour of the all-new, more crossover-like Dodge Journey, the 5143mm-long Grand Voyager continues.
Improvements have been made to sound insulation, ride comfort and handling, and a new six-speed automatic gearbox is fitted. Engines are a new version of the 2.8-litre diesel engine (161bhp) and a 3.8 V6 petrol (191bhp), and equipment levels are now thoroughly comprehensive with all necessary luxuries standard-fit. There are also power-sliding side doors, power-sliding second-row seats, a powered tailgate and all the latest in-car entertainment and communications devices.
Key features include the excellent Stow and Go seating system, which enables the second and third rows of seats to fold completely flat into the floor in a matter of seconds. A new function called Swivel & Go, with rotating second-row chairs, is now optional.
No quibbles whatsoever about the Grand Voyager's value for money: prices start at just £25,995, and this is one of the biggest, best-equipped MPVs around. However, it is rather unsophisticated to drive and to ride in, without the refinement of most rivals, and it is now feeling very old-fashioned and dated. Beware the impending £25-a-day London congestion charge, too: both diesel and petrol versions of the Grand Voyager fall into tax band G, and are thus liable for this levy.
