Here’s how the Ford Aerostar tried to unseat Chrysler for the title of best minivan
Get a 15% discount on your next car cover at carcover.com! Use this link to get your discount: https://www.carcover.com/?via=MyOldCar In this episode I provide the history of the Aerostar, Ford's first minivan, made to compete against the Dodge Caravan/Plymouth Voyager from Chrysler, but was more in common with the Chevy Astro/GMC Safari vans since they were more truck based. The Aerostar was supposed to be replaced by the Windstar in 1995, but outcry from fans kept the Aerostar in production for three overlapping years with the Windstar. The Windstar had two generations, followed by a third where it was renamed the Freestar, but was discontinued in 2007 with Chrysler's vans still outselling them in a shrinking minivan market.
About Ford Aerostar
The Ford Aerostar is a range of vans that was manufactured by Ford from the 1986 to the 1997 model years. The first minivan produced by Ford, the model line was marketed against the Chevrolet Astro/GMC Safari and the first two generations of the Chrysler minivans. Introduced shortly before the Ford Taurus, the Aerostar derived its name from its slope-nosed "one-box" exterior (although over six feet tall, the body of the Aerostar retained a drag coefficient of Cd=0.37, besting the Lincoln Mark VI...
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