All-new 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Named a Car and Driver 10Best

Chrysler Pacifica Wins Segment for First-ever 10Best ‘Trucks and SUVs’ List
  • Car and Driver’s “10Best Trucks and SUVs” expands the 10Best franchise and recognizes the excellence throughout the marketplace to include SUVs, crossovers, pickups and vans
  • The most awarded minivan this year, the all-new Chrysler Pacifica reinvents the minivan segment with an unprecedented level of functionality, versatility, technology and bold styling
  • Nominees consist of all-new or significantly updated vehicles in the burgeoning ranks of utility vehicles that fall under the base-price cap of $80,000 and have an on-sale date in January 2017
December 6, 2016 , Auburn Hills, Mich. -  Experts at Car and Driver have named the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica to their “10Best Trucks and SUVs” list, recognizing 2017’s best trucks, SUVs and crossover vehicles with base prices under $80,000.

An expansion of the 10Best franchise, which has awarded the 10 best cars on the market in each January issue for the past 35 years, the 10Best Trucks and SUVs awards are organized around segments and recognize one honoree from each segment.
 
According to Car and Driver, “The Pacifica’s independent rear suspension allows a low cargo load floor while improving ride quality and rough-road handling sophistication. Most Pacificas come with a strong, 287-hp 3.6-liter V-6 engine, nine-speed automatic transmission and front-wheel drive, a combination that returned an impressive 31 mpg during our 200-mile, 75-mph highway fuel-economy test. Chrysler also offers a plug-in-hybrid variant that’s EPA-rated to travel 33 miles on battery power alone.”
 
The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica reinvents the minivan segment with an unprecedented level of functionality, versatility, technology and bold styling. Re-engineered from the ground up on an all-new platform, the Pacifica delivers class-leading gasoline and hybrid powertrains to the minivan segment. With more than 100 available safety and security features, the all-new Uconnect Theater rear seat entertainment system, and a full array of comfort and convenience technologies, the Chrysler Pacifica is a no-compromises minivan ideally suited for today's families and has earned its spot as the most awarded minivan of the year.
 
The Pacifica Hybrid takes this revolutionary vehicle a step further with its class-exclusive, innovative advanced and class-exclusive hybrid powertrain. It’s the first electrified vehicle in the minivan segment and achieves 84 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) in electric-only mode and 33 miles of all-electric range.

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The Chrysler Pacifica continues to reinvent the minivan, a segment Chrysler created 40 years ago. The Chrysler Pacifica Plug-in Hybrid symbolizes the brand’s electrification evolution, representing the first electrified minivan in the segment and achieving 82 MPGe, an all-electric range of 32 miles and a total range of 520 miles. Chrysler Pacifica delivers the most standard safety features and most advanced available all-wheel-drive system in its class and is also the most awarded minivan over the last seven years with more than 175 honors and industry accolades since its introduction as a minivan.

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