Anonymous

Reviewed a 2009 Volkswagen SEL on Aug 28, 2009

I've owned the Routan for a week. I've gotten raves from all my friends. I love it. The interior looks better than the Chrysler. I have read so many negative reviews. I don't get it. First off, the reviewers feel it's awful that the Routan started as a Town & Country. Yeah, Dodge and Chrysler are so bad that GM and Ford can't compete with them. Volkswagen started with the best American-made mini-van (designed for mainstream Americans), then changed the things they didn't like. They dressed up the interior trim. Maybe Chrysler didn't want to share Stow-n-Go Captain's chairs, but VW put in more comfortable seats. They wanted something with European mystique, so they changed the nose and tail. Then they changed the suspension to take out some of the wallow. You end up with the best of two worlds. The dealer kept telling me "It's not a mini-van," then he'd use some lame descriptor. The Germans have a word for it: Grossraumlimousinen. That's good enough for me.