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Driving Impressions
Once on the road, we were happy with our choice of the optional 3.0-liter multi-point injected V6. It showed great responsiveness: With six people in the vehicle, we went from 0 to 60 mph in a little more than 10 seconds. Later, with no passengers in the vehicle, we shaved a second off that time. For the minivan category, those were pretty solid performance numbers.The engine worked well with the accompanying three-speed automatic transmission, exhibiting smooth passing power on the freeway. When hitting an open stretch, the optional speed control kept us at a steady 72 mph. The Voyager, with its front-wheel drive and short wheelbase, was one of the first vans to incorporate a car-like ride in a utility vehicle. Our model certainly lived up to that reputation: We thought the Voyager handled just as well as smaller minivans we've tested, such as the Mazda MPV Power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering allowed us to handle sharp curves agilely and pull into tight parking spots. The power-assisted brakes were adequate on a variety of slippery surfaces, but we wished Chrysler would make anti-lock brakes available on the base Voyager, even as part of an option package. The suspension was firm, with position-sensitive struts and coil springs in the front and gas-charged shocks and leaf springs in the rear. In fact, the only rattle we heard when traveling over broken-up roads came from our stopwatch on top of the dashboard.
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