When you look at Chrysler right now, it’s hard not to feel a bit sad. Sure, the last seriously influential car released by the brand debuted for 2005, a full 20 years ago, but now even Lancia is getting more new cars than the American brand. Chrysler used to be a great car marque, then it became a car marque, then it became the badge on one car.
Don’t act like the Voyager’s something separate, it’s just a decontented Pacifica with pre-facelift bumpers. Same deal with the Chrysler Grand Caravan in Canada, an unbelievably cursed mashup of brand and model names that could’ve plausibly been created because nobody wanted to pay to tool up another grille and bumper. It could be argued that Chrysler is now America’s number one minivan brand because minivans make up 100 percent of its sales mix, but that’s just because there are no other new Chryslers, just minivans.
Since the Pacifica went on sale back in 2016, we’ve seen a new Honda Odyssey, a new Toyota Sienna, and a new Kia Carnival. Two of these competitors have gone hybrid, two offer executive rear seats, and all are rather tempting if you don’t absolutely need second-row stow-and-go or a plug-in hybrid. With the Pacifica’s last facelift going on five model years old, it feels like change is nigh.
Hark! What cometh down the pipeline for model year 2026? A new crossover? A replacement for the 300? A next-generation Pacifica? Nope, greenish paint. Yeah, that ought to do it. The new hue for 2026 is called Olive Green, it will run you $495, and it’s an expected mix of green overtones and bronze undertones, just like an olive. You’ve had antipasto before, right? Turns out “antipasto” is just Italian for “appetizer,” which makes sense. Anyway, this isn’t quite the Forest Green Pearl you could get on, say, the Plymouth Voyager Expresso, which has a fake Italian name, but it’s definitely a shade of green.
Also, Chrysler doesn’t gatekeep it much. While no details have been released on the 2026 Voyager, it’s possible to spec Olive Green on every trim of the 2026 Pacifica. If you’re looking to splash the cash, I reckon it would look great against the Pinnacle trim’s butterscotch upholstery, even if green-over-tan is a touch cliché.
Anyway, that’s all the Chrysler news you need to know for now. Actually, you probably didn’t need to know it, but I’ve told you regardless. While new product is reportedly coming for Chrysler, it looks like we’ll have to wait.
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It’s funny and all, but my coworker was cross shopping the Pacifica, Odyssey, and Sienna… and only the Sienna came in green. So Chrysler would have gotten one point on the ranking with him. Of course he got the Odyssey in white, but imagine, green…
Well, I’m on board.
That green paint is CASH. Awesome.
Chrysler’s last play – ICE paddywagon fleet package for no-bid domestic terrorists.
Thank god it’s not another shade of silver / gray! Someone show the designers the paint offerings for the 1995 Dodge Neon.
More green cars!
Excuse my ignorance you attacked the brand but failed to provide sales information. I’m not a minivan person but I’ve read here that sales are still robust. I read they are still the best value and van for handicapped persons. If the van is still capable and selling why attack it’s decision to not modernize when the competition still is inferior? Another reason we need editing based on economics.
That’s the definition of resting on one’s laurels, though. The Pacifica be getting better, but it’s not improving, while everybody else is working on improving their vehicles.
Well, yeah, but even without the Voyager, their lineup still includes two vehicles because they list the Pacifica Plug-In Hybrid separately!!
Now I want to see it with pimento red steelies.
That looks a bit like Fiat Verde Chiaro, which is a great color on the 500. It’s probably a bit darker since the Fiat color is sometimes described as sage green. Either way I applaud a minivan in something other than metallic greige
“Chrysler, it looks like we’ll have to wait.” Sadly, you just came up with their new tagline.
No Brooklyn Nine Nine fans?
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ooooooooooooooo green!!!!!!
Yeah too bad the Pacifica is a giant POS tho 🙁
The Sienna is also available in green, and it’s a much better car 🙂
The fact that a Sienna can be a color that is not Sienna amuses me.
Though I suppose you can still have your Toyota raw or burnt.
Reminds me of the ‘70s green appliances in my grandma’s kitchen back in old family photos.
You mean avocado green. The pictures don’t do it justice, either.
Should include pimento pin stripes.
What about a pimento colored roof option?