The Dodge Grand Caravan will soon be killed off with confirmation production will wrap up at the Windsor, Canada assembly plant where it’s built in May.
It is understood that the Dodge Grand Caravan’s demise will impact 1,500 workers at Fiat Chrysler Automobile’s plant in Windsor. Chrysler’s Voyager and Pacifica minivans will carry the flag for FCA moving forward.
The Drive reports that FCA will move its Windsor factory from a three-shift staffing structure to a two-shift schedule when Grand Caravan production ends in May. The car manufacturer will look to place impacted workers into other roles.
It’s really no shocker than the Dodge Grand Caravan is heading the way of the dodo. It has been in production in the current fifth-generation guise since back in 2007 and benefited from few significant alterations in the years since. Sales across the United States have dwindled from a high of 244,911 back in 2002 down to 122,648 last year. The worst U.S. sales on record for the Grand Caravan came in 2009 and 2015 where just 90,666 and 97,141 examples were sold respectively.
As production of the minivan winds up, FCA has confirmed that 2020 model year examples will not be sold in the states of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington, and Vermont over emissions regulations.
