Talk:Chevrolet Uplander

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[edit] Merge with Chevrolet Venture

Despite GM's marketing, this vehicle is still a full blooded Chevrolet Venture and does not merit its own article. "Despite the change in name and outward style, the Chevy Uplander does not represent a full redesign of the Venture -- passenger and cargo space are nearly identical."[1]Novasource 15:34, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

The Ford Windstar and Freestar articles are separate. I feel that since this is branded differently that it should have its own page. Though, I could see merging the pages for all the U body minivans, even though they are each branded differently. Course, that creates problems such as the Mercury Cougar. At one time, it shared the same platform as the Ford Thunderbird. Then it was moved to a revised Probe platform as the latter was retired, breaking its connection with the Thunderbird. Probably best to just keep them separate. Anyway, I suspect GM scraped the name Venture not because they wanted to redesign their minivan from the ground up, but because they wanted to shed the poor safety image of the Venture [2]. Travis Garris 19:17, 23 March 2007 (UTC)