Chrysler may not have invented the mini-van, but it sure made its version ubiquitous during the 1980s. Seemingly everybody I knew owned a Caravan or Voyager back then. And when Chrysler looked to the future to reinvent the luxury car, it did so with a stretch mini-van, glitzed in woodgrain and leather, then named it Town & Country. Several generations and a heap of technology later, the 2025 Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle is as much boutique hotel as family fun bus.

Unlike the boxy vans of my youth, the Pacifica is sleek and beautiful, showing not a wrinkle from its nearly decade of existence. The front was revised a few years ago, but the neatly creased bodysides, rear canted chrome windowline, and wrap-around taillamps are timeless. Upsized 20-inch wheels seem proper under what’s still the

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