That’s why Chevrolet has produced this Warner Brothers Edition. They want a sense of “home,” even on the road.
People are looking for more than simple utility these days. That’s a good thing, but it can also be a bad thing when it comes to selling the minivan. This is a van that seats eight comfortably, has plenty of head- and legroom, and whose rear seat can be taken out for hauling loads other than children. Today’s choices include Ford’s Windstar, a couple of Chrysler vans, Honda’s Odyssey (the best of the lot), Toyota’s Sienna, and today’s test car, one with a name so long you’d need a van to haul it: the 2002 Chevrolet Venture EXT AWD Warner Brothers Edition. Most station wagons and SUVs won’t carrry more than five people comfortably, after all, and when folks call me to ask what to buy to carry six or eight, I tell them to consider either a big SUV, which many of them shun since the shine is dimming on those rigs as well, or go back to the minivan. Yet the minivan endures, perhaps because of its very utility. Soccer moms and Little League dads wanted to drive vehicles with more panache and sportiness than the utilitarian minivan could offer. Then came – and continues to come – the “crossover” vehicle, a transporter that is part SUV, part wagon, part minivan. Then came the revival of the station wagon. No suburban driveway was complete, it seemed, without a minivan. Soccer moms drove minivans in such force that they became a political constituency for presidential hopefuls. Consider the minivan: Made popular by Chrysler in the 1980s, it became the symbol of the growing, active family.
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