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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Reminds me of Audi’s “District Green.” Generally I like colors, but probably need to see this one in person. Not sure how well it works on something this large.
On the downside, Chrysler isn’t getting any new models. On the upside, there aren’t any new Chrysler Stellantis-developed models.
COTD
The ALL NEW Chrysler Pesto!
Applaud them offering color, but that is putrid on something that large.
The used Highlander I just bought has a wonderful army green pearl. The MDX I sold had a deep green metallic.
Looks like the most beautiful dancing actor, Grum!
https://media1.tenor.com/m/kMEdKXV0iWAAAAAd/tim-and-eric-awesome-show-great-job-grum.gif
As the owner of a red Voyager, I would buy the shit out of a weird green one. Love the color.
Is the pimento the red-faced customers realising they spent that much on a Stellantis product?
Seriously though, great colour.
Pimento is the color of the the salesperson desperately trying to convince a customer to buy a Chrysler minivan instead of walking out of the dealership, and nearly giving himself a heart attack in the process.
This is good, cars should come in colors. Even ones you don’t like.
SO agreed! 🙂
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Well, at least it’s an interesting green.
I really quite like the size and shape of the Pacifica, but of course, everything I’ve ever read, heard, or seen about their (lack of) long-term reliability makes me weep for a once-proud brand.
I’ve had a 2020. It’s got 70k miles on it. I’ve only had one parking sensor fail in all that time. Great car. One of the best I’ve ever owned.
I’ve mostly heard good things about the gas Pacifica; the Pentastar is pretty mature and straightforward. I have the PHEV and it’s been good but certainly it’s more complex than the gas.
My SO has a 2018 she’s piled 145K miles on, and it’s been pretty reliable for her. She’s now an empty nester and doesn’t really need a minivan anymore, but also it’s paid for and she got a lifetime warranty Chrysler was offering at the time, so she’s reluctant to buy something newer/smaller to replace it.
Ive taken a 2020 with 60k on it to 96k over a few years. Not exactly a long term test but nothing has gone wrong with it. Its exceeded expectations so far.
30k to 70k miles over 2.5 years on the PHEV and it’s been great.
It’s not even olive green. Clearly different than the olive in the photo.
Representing the green-over-tan contingent, I don’t think there are enough new vehicles sold (not offered, but actually sold) in green to call it cliché. It’s a rare new car color on the road, at least for vehicles sold in the mid five figure range. The olive-tinged greens over black look kind of crappy; the earth tone interiors look a lot better paired with the olive greens.
It might have been cliche in 1995, but it certainly isn’t in 2025.
I agree that I would want a tan interior with this exterior color.
Just bought a used 2013 Highlander in green over tan. Love it so far. My old MDX had the dark blueish green over grey.
It’s a massive improvement, given the circumstances.
This is a fantastic color. Frankly– the Pacifica hate is unwarranted. These things are great, and the plug-in-hybrid is literally the only one on the market.
I feel like the Pacifica facelift could have been sketched first as a potential Dodge Grand Caravan. The rear lighting is almost a ‘racetrack’ taillight, the points on the left and right of the front grille seem like where crosshairs would flow through. But they elected to ditch the Dodge and there was no plan for where Chrysler was headed so they used it as an update.
Anyway, wonder if this will just be a rebranded version of Jeep’s ’41 color. Or could be same supplier as VW’s Avocado Green which I’ve been back and forth on. Trying to chew on what other greens are out there that could be supplying it, but I think ’41 seems to be most likely since it’s already elsewhere in the group.
The Voyager only lets you spec no-cost white/black/red so I doubt the Chrysler booth in the showroom will be much of an olive bar.
They should put a Hellcat in it. No not in the engine bay, that’d be silly. Just in a crate in the back. But it’d still have a Hellcat.
Get Rich on the horn! (Rich Rebuilds). … To consult on that Hellcat version, it’d be rad.
So, now, instead of the a dull breadbox we’re going to get pimento loaf?
Just wait till they introduce Pimento Cheese ($495 option) next season
As the interior color?
Honestly, this color isn’t as bad as Toyota’s doo doo brown.
blasphemy
Doo Doo Brown has been a signature Toyota color since the Turdcel.
What do you expect from a company whose performance arm is named TRD?
Oh that matte baby poop color? Awful.
Chrysler’s 100th anniversary as a corporation occurred on June 6, 1925, though the first car named Chrysler was introduced in 1924. In either case, the name is 100 years old and deserves a bit more attention than painting a minivan in an appliance color with high gloss and low metallics.
Nothing says vintage like Avocado, Harvest Gold, and Coppertone.
Ahh – my childhood.
Oh how the mighty have fallen. My one aunt had Chryslers, I recall a ’70s New Yorker in phlegm green with a dark green paisley interior. I owned one Chrysler, an ’00 300M. It was plush, comfortable, roomy, and fast. It also destroyed tires and rusted badly. The engine blew due to Autostick misuse by someone else in the family. In Autostick it held the selected gear until you stopped. Then it defaults fo first, and WILL NOT UPSHIFT come hell or high water. 6 miles at 55 in first torched the engine and I just walked away….
There’s nothing cool about blowing up a 300M on purpose.
Wasteful.
I’ll give the person a pass, they were un familiar with the car and under a lot of emotional stress. Still – you didn’t hear the engine begging for mercy???
I always forget about the 300M, in all its bonkers Concorde with an ass-reduction glory. I remember my dad never being able to remember or tell what the names of the large Chryslers were back then, because they kept screwing with the names.
Agreed…(just wanted to point out I’m guessing you meant the 100 yr anniversary was in June 2025)
I’m afraid I have to take issue with green over tan being cliche. Its classic, not cliche. Like a 3 piece suit, or a little black dress and heels, its very common, very well known, but thats because it just works.
Depends on the undertone of the green, is it yellow or blue? Yellow undertone, tan all the way, everyday. Blue undertone, you have a case for grey or black interior.
“Chrysler” is barely even a brand anymore. There’s no such thing as a Chrysler dealer. Chrysler is just one of the many vehicles sold at a CDJR dealer.
Chrysler is reminiscent of Scion or Geo. They were just “brands” that were only sold at the dealerships of major brands with names you’ve heard of.
Yup. the brands at a CJDR store together are supposed to form a full line. Each brand doesn’t need to sell every type of car.
I still miss the 300 though.
Chrysler (or Stellantis, whatever day it is) just reminds me of British Leyland at this point, just with less strikes.
This must be the exact future Walter Chrysler imagined for his company as he was staring down at Manhattan from the 70th floor of the Chrysler Building nearly 100 years ago.
I read the headline as “Chrysler
Isn’t Getting New ModelsContinues To Get Starved Of Product For 2026… and the best lame-assed Stellantis can do is giveThe Pacifica a LOUSY version of Green”Seriously… of all the greens, they have to pick a variation of “1970s Appliance Green”???
If I was picking a green, I would have picked a nice rich metallic green like this:
https://www.houseofkolor.com/kolors/detail/index.html?id=S2-PBC41&ref=kolors
I doubt anyone at Chrysler is left that is begging Stellantis for new products, but if there was, I’d imagine it goes something like:
Chrysler: “Can we please get a new car? Like, how about we reskin that Cherokee into something?”
Stellantis: “STFU!”
Chrysler: “Please! I’m begging you! It’s been nearly a decade since we got a new vehicle!”
Stellantis: “Best I can do is give you green. Now go piss up a rope!”
And you just casually throw out an idea that might work. The Wagoneer isn’t selling well. I personally think people see it as a Jeep, which doesn’t say luxury. But make it a Chrysler and now you have a Lincoln navigator and caddy escalade competitor
We bought a 2023 over a 24MY specifically because we wanted Fathom Blue, which is kind of a dark teal. It works so well on the car. A green like that would be awesome too
https://moparinsiders.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-Chrysler-Pacifica-Pinnacle-Hybrid-in-Fathom-Blue.-Chrysler-6.jpg
That Fathom Blue is fantastic! So well chosen! 🙂
Agreed.
Yes… that’s a very nice blue.
We just bought our second Pacifica Hybrid, and realllllly wanted Fathom Blue, but the best deal was on a refrigerator white one.
My wife said that the only way she can justify a minivan is that the color is so good. I drove from SE Michigan to Indiana to get one with a good price. Totally worth it.
Green is progress. Jeeps come in green, I also liked 1990s teal car colors.
I love green on pretty much every car and in pretty much every shade. Impressive that Stellantis has made a rare exception, that takes true skill.
I agree. I hate saying this, but that is just a bad green on the Pacifica. It would probably look great on a bunch of different cars (IDK, maybe a Wrangler or 500), but it this just doesn’t work here. I can’t believe they got rid of the awesome Fathom Blue for this horrible green.
All three pictures in the article look like different shades. The title image appears the lightest, and then the same picture in the article (without the actual olive) looks a bit darker, and then the rear-3/4 shot looks the darkest.
Hard to tell from shots like this, but so far, I dig it.
Styling and Stow ‘n Go would make the Pacifica hard to pass up if I were minivan shopping. I certainly wouldn’t go buying one without testing the competition (and comparing prices), but as a inexperienced outsider, the Paficia is still my favorite option.
The Stow ‘n Go and AWD is really why we went with a Pacifica. We have one full of a huge dog kennel in the back and a removable one over the middle passenger seat. we can pop up the middle driver if we need to suddenly transport a 3rd human. Watching all of our other dog people friends struggle with non removable seats smashed up against the first row and taking up so much space, or struggle to remove and reinstall seats with other minivan brands. Just not worth it.