{"id":35553,"date":"2026-01-18T13:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=35553"},"modified":"2026-01-18T13:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:37:17","slug":"payne-chrysler-pacifica-minivan-is-super-cool-no-kidding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/payne-chrysler-pacifica-minivan-is-super-cool-no-kidding","title":{"rendered":"Payne: Chrysler Pacifica minivan is super cool \u2014 no kidding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2026\/01\/14\/PDTN\/88168338007-chrysler-pacifica-3-rdrowremove.jpg?width=660&amp;height=372&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The 2026 Chrysler Pacifica boasts configurable seats - and passengers can use the second row as an ottoman for the third-row chair.\" width=\"546\" height=\"308\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_img\">\n<div class=\"gnt_pg_img_cap\"><em>The 2026 Chrysler Pacifica boasts configurable seats &#8211; and passengers can use the second row as an ottoman for the third-row chair.<\/em><\/div>\n<p><em>Henry Payne, The Detroit News<\/em><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Memphis, Michigan<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 You think minivans are uncool?<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">I emerged from a game of Padel into a black Michigan night. With my arms full of a tennis bag and water bottle, I walked up to my red 2026 Chrysler Pacifica minivan tester and swung my foot under the rear door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Open sesame!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The door automatically slid sideways, exposing the cavernous interior. I deposited my bag, then shut the door behind me with the push of a button on the B-pillar. Then I strolled around back where I had kept my laptop bag secured and did the same with the rear hatch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/2026\/01\/14\/review-chrysler-pacifica-minivan-is-super-cool-no-kidding-payne\/88160866007\/\"><em>Read the full article here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Chrysler Pacifica boasts configurable seats &#8211; and passengers can use the second row as an ottoman for the third-row chair. Henry Payne, The Detroit News Memphis, Michigan\u00a0\u2014 You think minivans are uncool? I emerged from a game of Padel into a black Michigan night. With my arms full of a tennis bag and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,87],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35553"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35554,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35553\/revisions\/35554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}