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VoyahDream

A luxury six-seat minivan aimed at Chinese executives and their drivers.

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The story

A defining chapter in Voyah history.

Explore the ideas, engineering and context that shaped the Voyah Dream, then continue into its specifications and place in the marque's lineage.

Origins

The Dream is Voyah's take on the Chinese luxury MPV, a segment where the Buick GL8 and Toyota Alphard had long collected the corporate money. It is a five-door minivan built at Dongfeng's Wuhan plant, sold either as a rear-motor battery electric car or as a four-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid using a 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder, with a single-speed drive in electric form.

2021 Voyah Dreamer · User3204 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Design and engineering

The selling points are the ones that segment demands: reclining individual seats in the middle row, quiet running, air suspension and long equipment lists. Its significance for Voyah is largely commercial — the MPV is where Chinese premium brands make margin, and it gave the marque a second body style to build export volume on. Assembly has since been extended beyond China to Lipetsk in Russia and Abu Dhabi, reflecting where Voyah has found buyers most readily.

Voyah Dreamer facelift 002 · JustAnotherCarDesigner · CC0

At a glance

The facts that define it.

Produced

2021–present

Engine

Petrol engine

Body

5-door minivan

Technical specification

The Dream, in detail.

Production: 2021–present
Class: Minivan
Body style: 5-door minivan
Layout: Rear-motor, rear-wheel drive (EV); Front engine, four-wheel drive (PHEV)
Engine: Petrol engine; Petrol Plug-in hybrid; PHEV: ; 1.5 L Dongfeng C15TDR series Straight-four engine; I4 Turbocharger; turbo (PHEV)
Transmission: 1-speed direct-drive (EV)
Assembly: China: Wuhan ; Russia: Lipetsk ; UAE: Abu Dhabi
Manufacturer: Voyah (Dongfeng Motor Corporation)