How Did It Take Chrysler This Long To Make An Overlanding Pacifica Concept?

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We whitethorn ne'er get nan Hemi-powered Pacifica we've each spent years wishing Chrysler (or someone!) would build, but overlanding is still popular, truthful for Overland Expo Mountain West this year, Chrysler built what it's named nan Pacifica Grizzly Peak Concept. Should nan institution person astir apt done this backmost successful 2018 aliases thing alternatively of waiting until 2025 to build an overland Pacifica? Sure, but amended precocious than never. After all, if three-row SUVs are now minivan replacements, why shouldn't nan minivan service arsenic a three-row SUV replacement?

To create nan Grizzly Peak concept, Chrysler started pinch a Pacifica Limited AWD exemplary and added a 2.75-inch assistance up beforehand and a 2.5-inch assistance successful nan rear, past gave it 18-inch Foreshadow wheels wrapped in BFGoodrich KO2s. It has added tile retention successful nan shape of a Rhino-Rack Pioneer platform, roof-mounted auxiliary lights, a roof-mounted retractable awning connected nan driver's side, yellowish fog lights and scatter guards. 

Inside, Chrysler ripped retired nan third-row seats and replaced them pinch a cargo level panel, added immoderate other tie-downs down nan 2nd row, covered nan seats in Katzkin leather, threw successful immoderate orangish seatbelts and added a athletics steering wheel. The compartment besides gets a Cement Gray colour strategy pinch Liquid Titanium accents, while nan exterior has been deed with Arktos matte-finish paint.

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Is nan Pacifica Grizzly Peak Concept abruptly fresh for Moab? Probably not. Chrysler didn't opportunity thing astir making immoderate changes to nan all-wheel-drive system, but astatine nan aforesaid time, other crushed clearance and chunky tires ne'er wounded a vehicle's off-road capability. The bigger problem present is that it's a Pacifica, and they aren't precisely known for their reliability. Were I building an off-road minivan, I'd decidedly spell pinch nan Toyota Sienna, conscionable truthful I don't get stranded successful nan mediate of obscurity pinch my hypothetical kids.

In a statement, Chrysler CEO Chris Feuell said:

We've been pursuing van life for years, and we cognize adventurers really worth nan versatility nan Pacifica delivers. Our Chrysler creation workplace nailed nan little and really dove in. They lifted nan suspension, added useful, functional features, including a roof-mounted Rhino-Rack Pioneer Platform rack, TYRI LED lighting and ARB retractable awning, and tailored nan compartment for sleeping to create this Pacifica Grizzly Peak conception arsenic a trial bed. We're excited to get feedback from nan van-life adventurers connected our newest conception of nan astir awarded minivan ever.

If you're headed retired to Loveland, Colorado, for Overland Expo Mountain West this year, the Pacifica Grizzly Peak conception will beryllium connected show August 22 to 24.

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