Textual content by Tom Appel
2024 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Premium S Look
Specs
Class: Minivan
Colour: Silver Mist
Seating Capability: 7
Miles pushed: 183
| CG Report Card | |
|---|---|
| Room and Consolation | A |
| Energy and Efficiency | B+ |
| Match and End | A |
| Gas Financial system | A |
| Worth | B+ |
| Report-card grades are derived from a consensus of test-driver evaluations. All grades are versus different automobiles in the identical class. Worth grade is for particular trim degree evaluated, and will not mirror Client Information’s impressions of the complete mannequin lineup. | |
| Huge & Tall Consolation | |
| Huge Man | A |
| Tall Man | A |
| Huge & Tall consolation rankings are for entrance seats solely. “Huge” ranking primarily based on male tester weighing roughly 350 kilos, “Tall” ranking primarily based on 6’6″-tall male tester. | |
| Drivetrain | |
| Engine Specs | 260-hp 3.6-liter |
| Engine Kind | V6 plug-in hybrid |
| Transmission | CVT-automatic |
| Drive Wheels | AWD |
Actual-world gasoline economic system: 32 mpg
Driving combine: 65% metropolis, 35% freeway
EPA-estimated gasoline economic system: 82 MPGe/30 mpg (metropolis/freeway mixed)
Gas kind: Common gasoline advisable
Base worth: $53,425 (not together with $1595 vacation spot cost)
Choices: Particular paint ($195), Buyer Most popular Package deal 2ET ($5995), Uconnect Theater and Sound Group ($2995)
Worth as examined: $64,205
Professionals and Cons
The good: Plug-in hybrid effectivity, glorious array of family-friendly comfort options
The nice: Spacious cabin with upscale trimmings; nice highway manners, particularly quiet at freeway pace
The not so good: No Stow ‘n Go seating in hybrid, luxury-vehicle pricing
Overview
Consumers can be onerous pressed to discover a car class extra aggressive than the minivan phase. There are simply 5 minivan choices for 2024, and all of them are value a glance. However there is only one van we awarded Greatest Purchase standing for ’24, and that’s the Chrysler Pacifica.
Aggressive Set
Of the 5 minivans obtainable this yr, solely two, the Pacifica and Toyota Sienna, are supplied as hybrids. And, just one, the Pacifica, is obtainable as a plug-in hybrid. Curiously, the Sienna is obtainable solely as a hybrid, whereas the Pacifica can be had with a traditional V6 engine. Extra on that in a second.
Pacifica is little modified for 2024, save for some trim-level juggling on the hybrid aspect of the lineup. For ’24, the Hybrid Touring L and Hybrid Restricted have been dropped.
Costs and Trim Ranges
The hybrid lineup ascends the next trim ranges:
Hybrid Choose ($52,845)
Hybrid S Look ($55,145)
Hybrid Street Tripper ($55,345)
Hybrid Premium S Look ($58,645)
Hybrid Pinnacle ($61,575)
We evaluated a Pacifica in new Hybrid Premium S Look trim and Silver Mist paint. Our take a look at van got here outfitted with two important packages, together with the Buyer Most popular Package deal ($5995), and the Uconnect Theater and Sound Group ($2995). The previous consists of the S Look Package deal. All instructed, our Pacifica clocked in at $64,205, together with vacation spot cost. Sure, minivans have very a lot change into luxurious automobiles.
Cabin
Inside Pacifica, infotainment is relayed by the maker’s Uconnect 5 system with wi-fi Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration (with the flexibility to attach two telephones concurrently), Amazon Alexa voice management, and extra, plus a ten.1-inch touchscreen.
And, issues are good inside. Nappa leather-based seats with contrasting trim welcome as much as seven passengers. Center-row captain’s chairs are agency and supportive. The seats’ upscale look can be wasted in the event that they weren’t comfy, which they’re—even within the third row—although the peak of the center seats struck this tester as a tiny bit low. Different cabin particulars of the brand new mannequin are contrasting stitching on darkish surfaces just like the sprint pad, leather-wrapped steering wheel, and console; and satin-chrome accents.
Room and Consolation
Naturally, there’s loads of room for passengers and cargo. Not like different Pacificas, the Hybrids lacks the “Stow ‘n Go” second-row seats that fold into the ground, however its captain’s chairs have the “Simple Tilt” characteristic that clears entry to the third row. (Passage between the seats is simple, too.) Center seats monitor fore and aft, which might open up sufficient legroom for a few adults to contentedly occupy the third row.
And although the twond-row seats don’t fold into the ground, they are often eliminated. To assist a buddy transfer, this editors spouse took it upon herself to extract the seats from the automotive, a mission she described as, “strenuous.” The seats every weigh about 80 kilos, however take away from the van flooring simply sufficient. Returning the seats to their rightful positions was easy sufficient, although, once more, the seats are heavy. We advocate that petite people—resembling my spouse—recruit bigger assistants to carry out seat removing operations. That stated, as soon as the seats are eliminated, and the threerd-row folded away, Pacifica affords an impressively huge cargo maintain.
Energy and Efficiency
On the driving-dynamics entrance, we discovered the hybrid system to be largely unobtrusive, although energy supply is considerably much less clean and fewer linear than present in non-hybrid techniques.
The plug-in hybrid powertrain merges the usual Pacifica’s 3.6-liter V6 with electrical help and a CVT computerized transmission. A 16-kWh battery gives a promised 32-miles of electric-only vary, after which Pacifica operates like a traditional hybrid. The system gives good energy and glorious economic system, supplied operators are diligent about plugging in.
Gas Financial system
Plugging-in when handy to take action, we averaged 32 mpg, and would have seen higher had been it not for a protracted journey with out charging alternatives.
Most shoppers ought to be capable of function on electrical energy alone throughout a traditional week of commuting and native driving, and nonetheless get pleasure from extended-range driving when the chance arises.
At simply over $60,000, the Pacifica Hybrid doesn’t come low-cost. Although costly for a minivan, our lavishly appointed Pacifica is greatest thought of a luxurious car, as which, its worth appears extra affordable. For extra value delicate minivan intenders, avoiding dear possibility packages will carry the price of buy down significantly.
Abstract
Whereas the opposite automobiles on this phase are worthy of consideration, none matches the Pacifica’s quietness, journey high quality, or basic premium really feel. And in hybrid guise, solely the Toyota Sienna matches the Chrysler for gasoline effectivity.
And a closing thought: Should you can’t decide to plugging in, the Pacifica Hybrid makes little sense. Maybe appoint one in every of your youngsters the “Charging Czar,” and have her or him goad and remind mother and pa to plug-in.
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