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Chrysler Pacifica 2022.

The Chrysler brand is hanging by a thread as its sales have dropped very badly. The only model in demand today is the Pacifica minivan.

And now, the company has revealed all the innovations of the 2022 car.

Specifically, we are talking about the Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivan. The company will make its model lineup more compact by combining some of the features and packages offered as standard.

Previously, however, they were only put in at extra cost. Despite the smaller selection, the Pacifica still offers customers many comfort options.

Specifically, a rear-row passenger reminder and a new air filtration system, which reportedly cleans up to 95 percent of particles, allergens and other harmful substances in the cabin, are put in place for all 2022 models.

In the Touring L trim, the car gets the Safety Sphere Group driver assistance system as standard. But the model is deprived of window curtains and roof rack.

In the medium-duty Limited model, the «American» gets standard driver’s assistance services and access to Amazon FireTV.

After the upgrade, the price for the 2022 model year Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid starts at $46,760 for the Touring L version, which is the equivalent of 3.28 million rubles.

For an average configuration Limited will have to pay $50,660 (3.55 million rubles). The top-end modification Pinnacle is estimated by the manufacturer at $54.940 (Br3.85 million).

And not one of these figures does not include the fee for delivery to the destination in the amount of $ 1,495 dollars (105,000 rubles).

All models are equipped with a 3.6-liter hybrid V6 engine, automatic transmission and front-wheel drive transmission.

Stellantis reduces the choice: the Chrysler Pacifica minivan will have fewer hybrid versions.

The American company has decided to remove the basic hybrid modification of the model and rewrite the price tags of the 2022 model year car upwards.

Currently, the Chrysler brand belongs to auto giant Stellantis, which was formed earlier this year as a result of the merger of FCA and PSA Group.

Things are not going well for the brand in the home market: since 2016, there has been an uninterrupted «minus». During the «covid» 2020, customers in the U.S. bought 110,464 cars, which is 13% less than the year before.

For comparison, the model sold 324,846 copies in 2015, and the peak year for the brand is 2005, when it was sold almost 650 thousand cars.

We should note that this year the brand still has negative dynamics: in the first three quarters the figure was 74 139 units, which is 2.3% less than in January-September 2020.

To date, the brand’s lineup includes only a pair of vehicles: the big 300 sedan and Pacifica minivan.

The Pacifica’s sales results in the home market have been declining for the last two years. Thus, in 2020, the model has sold 93,802 copies (4 percent less than a year earlier).

In the current year, the car is also fixed «minus»: in January-September in the States was sold 59,502 units, which is 7.4% less than during the first three quarters of 2020.)

As we reported earlier, Chrysler is preparing Pacifica 2022 model year.

We know that after the update, the top-of-the-line versions of the model will come with front-wheel drive as standard, and AWD system will be an option.

Probably, this will allow the manufacturer to make more affordable the price of the minivan with a rich level of equipment.

Now it became known about the changes that await the Pacifica Hybrid for the next model year.

There will be three options remaining, with the Touring L replacing the basic Touring.

The minimum price in the home market is $46,760 ($745 more than the current starting version).

The second option — Limited, its price starts at $50,660 ($1,675 more than the 2021 model).

The top version — Pinnacle — will cost customers $54,940 ($450 more).

The power plant of all versions is the same, based on a 3.6-liter V6, working in tandem with the electric motor. The power output is 264 hp.

According to MoparInsiders, one of the most noticeable changes will be a sharp reduction in the number of available configurations.

Thus, if the present model has a maximum available number of 3,550, after the update there will be only 53.

Such reduction became possible due to the fact that now a part of the options were moved to the list of standard equipment.

For example, Chrysler has transferred to the list of standard options a new system of checking rear seats reminder (so that drivers don’t forget children in car seats); also in this list Pacifica now has a clean air filtration system: it cleans 95% of air particles, separates pollen, other allergens and bacteria.

As previously reported, all versions of the Chrysler Pacifica will get a special «winter package» as part of the standard equipment list during the 2022 update.

It includes heated steering wheel, as well as driver and front passenger seats.

Chrysler has been experiencing so-called «production problems» over the past few months: at one point, production of the Pacifica at the Windsor assembly plant in Ontario, Canada, even had to be temporarily halted due to a shortage of parts.