Chrysler Launches Five Star Voyager
The 2020 Chrysler Voyager, the latest addition to Chrysler brand’s legendary minivan lineup, has earned a five-star overall safety rating from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Five stars is the highest possible rating awarded by NHTSA. Voyager is the latest Chrysler brand minivan to earn the rating, joining Chrysler Pacifica in the five-star category. The new minivan’s overall five-star rating was achieved, in part, because it received five-star ratings in a full range of crashworthiness evaluations:
- Front driver-side impact
- Front passenger-side impact
- Overall frontal impact
- Front seat combined barrier and pole side impact
- Rear seat combined barrier and pole side impact
- Driver side barrier impact
- Rear passenger side barrier impact
- Side barrier impact
- Overall side pole impact
The 2020 Chrysler Voyager’s crashworthiness benefits from thoughtful application of steel shaping technologies such as hydroforming, a process that transforms steel tubes by injecting them with fluid at extreme pressures. The result: intricately molded load beams that afford greater strength and stiffness than welded components. In addition, the new minivan’s door ring is assembled from tailor-welded blanks – sections of hot-stamped steel that vary in thickness. This strategy helps maintain structural integrity in certain crashes. High-strength steel (HSS) accounts for 72 percent of the new Voyager’s body structure. Its cradle and front rails are made of Advanced High-strength Steel (AHSS) and are configured to help steer crash energy away from the passenger compartment. Arguably more important, the Voyager also features several available safety and security features to help drivers avoid collisions in the first place. The minivan’s Blind-spot Monitoring system alerts the driver to vehicles entering his/her blind spot. It should be noted that the Voyager has not yet been tested by the Insurnace Institute for Highway Safety which generally has stricter standards than the NHTSA. The Chrysler Pacifica has been tested and is a IIHS 2019 Top Safety Pick, receiving their next to best rating.