The 1972 Ford Carousel minivan concept car could have been the first modern minivan, but Ford missed the chance to tap into the large latent market for family haulers. Check out this 1972 Ford Carousel minivan concept car profile.
Source: 1972 Ford Carousel Minivan Concept Car
bit of a long read. but worth it. doesn’t meniotn the apocr? story about henry ford2 killing the carousel at ford aftger a lap around the test track in the first working prototypes. not sure where iread thet or heard it, it just stuicke in my brain. the present articlke just puts it down to opec 1973 oil shock and expectation that smaller cars would be in demand
