Bad Ass Caravan

I don't remember who I was just talking to about older Dodge minivans and how fast they were. Dodge (Chrysler) pretty much made minivans ubiquitous, and in an attempt to attract more customers, they made them fast. For a short stretch, this included adding a turbo to their standard 4-cylinder motor which turned it from a "grocery-getter" to a dragster. Literally.

That's right, this guy was smoking Camaros and Mustangs with a stock minivan. He was consistently hitting 12-second times and peaking at over 105 MPH. You have to check out the videos he put up, too.

If he's not lying/exaggerating, the only modifications to the stock vehicle were racing slicks for traction and super-high octane racing fuel. He removed seats to lower the weight (they come out pretty easily, anyhow) and had over 137k miles on it. Crazy.

I have to say, I rented a Caravan to take a bunch of folks to the WI state fair years ago, and fully burdened, it had some solid get-up-and-go. (I'd still never own one myself...)