Plymouth Voyager 3

The Plymouth Voyager 3 is one of the Plymouth entries the open record knows by name and by date — in 1989, and by little else. That is not nothing: a name in the catalogue is where a car's story starts to be recoverable.

The background

The Plymouth Voyager 3 was a minivan concept car revealed by Plymouth in 1989. Part of the car's aerodynamic design featured a glass roof. One thing that was unique about this car was that in a sense it was a miniature tractor-trailer; the cab separated from the back of the car and could be driven by itself.

The rear wheels of the cab were hidden (notice on image) when it was all in one piece. Each segment of the vehicle contains its own four-cylinder engine, which are electronically-coordinated to deliver power independently or in concert. The Voyager 3 was credited to Chrysler Designer Tom Gale (who also penned the Dodge Viper and Plymouth Prowler) by one source that also called it "the worst concept car of all time". This concept car debuted at the 1990 Chicago Auto Show walkaround video in 1990.

Where it sits

Its contemporaries in the catalogue — the Mazda MX-5, the Subaru Legacy, the Lexus LS — show what else the money bought that year. Its Plymouth stablemates include the Plymouth XNR and the Plymouth Laser.

What it costs now

There is no federal ownership record for the Plymouth Voyager 3 — it predates the complaint database or was never sold in the United States — so MotorJury publishes no running-cost figure for it. For a car of this age the price is set by the collector market and the condition of the individual example, not by a formula.