Chrysler’s Three-Screen Minivan
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The sniveling, spoiled children of America are indebted to the ingenious engineers and designers at Chrysler for this latest development: Each seating row in the new Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country has its own multi-media screen to watch movies, play video games, or (for boring adults) to download driving directions to the next destination.
Indeed, the wheels on the bus continue to go ‘round and ‘round. But at least those not wishing to hear that annoying childrens’ song repeated 20 times during a long road trip can choose other multimedia offerings.
What’s truly special about the Chrysler minivans is that the two flip-down screens in the back rows have the option of Sirius Satellite Radio’s Backseat TV, which brings endless hours of Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, and Cartoon Network programming to the minivan’s entertainment options.
Parents full well know how hilarious SpongeBob SquarePants can be. But when one tyke wants to watch the laugh-a-minute animated feature and another wants to play the smokin’ hot Sony PS3, there will be no slap fights, no sibling rivalry, no wet willies, and relative peace in the three-hour trip to grandma’s house — thanks to Chrysler.
Chrysler’s Executive Vice President for Product Development, Frank Klegon, breathes a sigh of relief that he’s now a parent of teen-agers who don’t require electronic babysitting technology like the Sirius Backseat TV packages in the new minivans. But he knows what a valued technology it will be for parents of young children, especially those weaned on the tube.
