2013 Grand Caravan Vs.2013 Ford Flex

2013 Dodge Caravan- The dodge caravan has always been one of the best selling minivans and also one of the most dependable minivans to be produced. The 2013 version of the caranavan im sure is the same way.

Engines- There is only one engine available for the new grand caravan but as long as its the right engine it works just fine. In this case it is the right engine for the job, its the 3.6L pentastar
V-6 that gets 17mpg city and 25mpg highway. The engine comes standard with a 6 speed automatic transmission. I think that only having one engine available for the caravan is just fine considering that the pentastar is a outstanding engine and suits the caravan just fine. There is very few uses for a minivan and its usually just for big families so the option of a bigger engine is pointless. This will also make the repairs much easier and much cheaper.

Cost- The new grand caravan starts out cheap at $19,500. The most expensive and laid out version of the caravan is still very reasonably priced at $34,500 and that comes with every option available. I think that dodge has the caravan very reasonably priced. You can go out and buy a brand new top selling top rated minivan for under $20,000.

Interior and Exterior- The exterior of the caranavs does not change very much on the outside except a few irrelavnt details. The interior of the caravan has many different options. It has the touch screen radio and nav, leather option, sunroof option, but it also has the option of rear veiw entertainment systems. I think that the caravan has a decent number of inerior options especially with the rear veiw entertainment, with what is offered in the caravan someone could go cross country and back with out ever getting uncomfortable.

My Opinion- The 2013 grand caravan is a great minivan and I think is the best minivan produced. The caravan has been around for a long time and through out that time they have perfected it in everyway, fuel economy is great, the amount of room is unbelieveable and its very comfortable.

2013 Ford Flex- The Ford Flex is a relativly new cross over. How does it compare to the caravan?

Engines- Like the caravan there is only one engine available for the ford flex. The enigine available is a 3.5L V-6 that gets 18mpg city and 26mpg highway which is one mpg better than the caravan in each catagory. Im going to say the same thing now as I did wit the caravan, only one engine is need for minivans because there is basically only one use for them.

Cost-  The standard for flex starts out at $29,500 which is $10,000 more than the starting price of the caranvan but you dont really get more for that extra 10 grand. The more high end flex jacks up to $52,000 with everything you can think of and more. I personally think that ford is way over priced and is not worth the money. The caravan definatly more worth the money.

Interior and Exterior- Ford has all the general options like the leather, the touch screen nav and radio, the moon roof and then like the caravan the flex has the option of a rear veiw entertainment system as well . Unique to the ford though is a refrigerated console which is pretty cool. The exterior doesnt change very much from model to model like the caravan. I think the flex has some cool options available to make it a comfortable cross over but I still think the caravan is nicer.

My Opinion-  In my opinion the caravan wins this in a landslide. It has been around much longer and has had much more time to get closer to perfection of a minivan. The ford flex is a great cross over and if you have the money it is not a bad buy, it is still a great cross over just not as good as the caravan. So basically if youre on the market for a minivan go with the dodge once again.