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Under its familiar skin, the 2011 Grand Caravan is a vastly improved vehicle with a fantastic heart and soul. Dodge has redesigned the interior, improving the materials, the control layout, the functionality, and the seat comfort.

With its combination of features, power, and price, the 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan shows Chrysler remains serious about minivans, and is once again worth a look if you’re shopping in this segment.

The 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan has a better quality interior, a much improved ride quality and a solid powertrain. With this family hauler, price is the main factor in getting customers in dealerships.

Undeniably improved and competitive in many ways, the Dodge Grand Caravan continues to be a work in progress. Thanks to the significant updates for 2011, it is once again worthy of consideration.

The Dodge Grand Caravan remains nothing special to look at. And other minivans are more comfortable. But the Dodge and its Chrysler counterpart lead the field in versatility and—with the recent changes—in performance and handling as well.

If Dodge is able to turn around its image as quickly as it turned around these improvements, they’ll do very nicely. There’s finally a reason to consider a Grand Caravan besides the best dollar-to-pound ratio.

The Dodge Grand Caravan has always been one of the more affordable options in the minivan segment, but now it doesn’t have to use that as an excuse for a cut-rate interior and sluggish engine. It’s nice that Dodge now has a product that’s competitive on more than just price.

This minivan is ready at a moment’s notice to ditch the child seats and do some serious cargo haulin’. The Grand Caravan is more pleasant to drive than most of its ilk, but the automatic transmission pretty much ruins the fun.

The Dodge Grand Caravan gets a host of mechanical, styling and interior improvements for 2011, yet still trails the competition in terms of refinement.