A quick look at the Town & Country and you may notice little difference from its two siblings, Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan. Like those two vehicles, it has a slightly boxy look with a sloped windshield leading to a solid front end. But look closer, and you see several elegant appointments that set the vehicle apart.Our Wildberry-colored Town & Country, for example, featured gold-striped aluminum wheels, gold pin-striping with the minivan's name in script, a body-color grille and headlight moldings. (We chose the last two options in place of the standard woodgrain appliques and surround moldings.) A chrome stripe neatly adorned the side of the vehicle, and color-keyed bodyside claddings offered good parking-lot protection. An aerodynamic luggage rack literally topped off this styling statement. Our Town & Country also offered a lot of functionality. Like all Chrysler minivans, our vehicle featured single halogens for bright, well-directed illumination, and we also had fog lamps as standard equipment. The housings of our electronically controlled side mirrors folded back, allowing the vehicle to get through those extremely tight spots. A plastic strip just below the front wipers filled the space between the windshield and hood, and it contained grooves to handle water runoff. The sliding door shut easily and firmly, indicating a soundly made structure. Two things irritated us, though. First, on a vehicle this stylish, why have a fixed antenna? And second, the hood's support rod had a lot of play in it, which could be dangerous if, say, a sudden gust of wind came up.
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