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As a marker of quality with any good or service, awards represent the pinnacle of achievement, displaying a surefire sign of a high-quality product. The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica has won several awards, which just shows how well-received this minivan is in the automobile world. Read on to get the details on the main accolades awarded to the 2017 Pacifica and why it won these awards. more Best Technology Family Car The Greater Atlanta Automotive Media Association gave the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica the prestigious title of Best Technology Family Car. While it's self-evident that the Pacifica received the award because of stellar technology, you might want to know exactly what such stellar technology entails. Firstly, all Chrysler Pacificas come with the Uconnect infotainment system, lauded for its processing speeds and simple to use navigation menus. At lower trims, the Pacifica comes paired with a 5.0-inch touchscreen with crystal clear image quality. Upgrade to premium trims and you get an 8.4-inch touchscreen, a 13-speaker sound system and a second-row rear entertainment system with 10-inch touch screens. You also get a Bluray player, HDMI ports, and a 115-volt power outlet. The sheer depth of available technology features converts the traditional minivan into a full-featured entertainment system, which shows you exactly why the Pacifica won this particular award. Best Minivan 2017: NY Daily News Autos The popular car review and news aggregator site NY Daily News was so enthralled by the Chrysler Pacifica that it awarded the vehicle the title of "Best Minivan 2017". Among the reasons given for the decision, NY Daily News outlined the Pacifica's stellar tech features, which you read about above, in addition to its top safety ratings and attractive looks. The Chrysler Pacifica received top safety ratings in tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. In fact, the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica received a special 2017 Top Safety Pick+ label, which is only given to vehicles that earn good ratings in the five crashworthiness tests, an advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention and an acceptable or good headlight rating. The superb safety scores go a long way to explaining why this minivan received the title of "Best Minivan 2017", considering the target market for this class is large families who need the safest possible vehicles on the market. Cars.com Best of 2017 The Chrysler Pacifica 2017 became the first ever minivan to win the coveted cars.com Best of 2017 award, facing stiff competition since it competed against a slew of all-new or fully redesigned 2017 vehicles. The editors at cars.com awarded the Chrysler Pacifica with the site's most prized award because of how it reinvented the minivan segment with an amazing functionality, versatility, tech features, and bold styling. In summary, the Pacifica won this award because the editors viewed it as the ultimate motor vehicle, ticking all the important boxes for a modern car. With its excellent reputation among automobile critics and the impressive range of awards it has already gathered, the Chrysler Pacifica established a leading position in the minivan market in its first year of operation. Expect the next Pacifica model to improve on this already highly successful vehicle.

Minivans have been great family vehicles ever since the first Dodge Caravan hit showroom floors. Since then, the Chrysler Town and Country has been an upscale version of the Caravan, but now that the Caravan is retiring the Town and Country's newest redesign has taken a new name: the Chrysler Pacifica. But while the name might be different, the Pacifica is still one of the best family vehicles of any class on the market today. more Stow 'n Go Seats The 2017 Pacifica hasn't just carried over the Stow 'n Go seats from the Town and Country, it's improved on them by making the seats easier than ever to fold and drop into their compartments. This saves you the effort of pulling the seats out of the minivan and then putting them back in when you no longer need the Pacifica's 140.5 cubic feet of cargo space. Not only that, you can safely use the seat compartments to store other items when you need seats instead of extra room. Hybrid Technology The 2017 Chrysler Pacifica is the first ever minivan to come with a hybrid option. The Pacifica is already efficient for a minivan, but with plug-in hybrid technology the Pacifica gets an EPA-estimated 566-mile driving range and up to 33 miles of pure electric power. A 120-volt charger comes standard with the Pacifica, but you can also get a 240-volt charger that can bring your battery up to 100 percent in just two hours. All of this means a 2017 Pacifica Hybrid won't cost you nearly as much at the gas pump as you'd expect from a minivan. Safety Safety is always a priority when it comes to family vehicles, and the Pacifica is no exception. For one thing, the 2017 Pacifica was the only minivan in its year to earn a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety. It earned this distinction thanks to its ability to stand up to a high-speed crash, but also because its available forward collision warning with active braking feature managed to avoid a collision completely during both the 12 and 25 mph tests. Other safety features include parking assist and the LaneSense lane departure warning. Entertainment The Pacifica has one of the best rear seat entertainment systems on the market. The available Uconnect Theater adds two 10.1-inch touch screens to the backs of the front seats, and each one comes with independent wireless headphones and remote controls. As for the media center, that comes with a Blu-Ray player and two HDMI inputs that let you plug in two gaming consoles. Meanwhile, the driver and front passenger can enjoy streaming music and other audio with their available 8.4-inch touch screen infotainment system. For all these reasons and more, the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica isn't just a great family vehicle, it's one of the best family vehicles on the market. With upscale but affordable features, a generous interior with an available built-in vacuum, and six trims that let car buyers choose how many features they want, it's no wonder the Pacifica has become an overnight success.