When it comes to Mopar “what if” builds, few designers bring them to life quite like Oscar, better known as @AbimelecDesign. Earlier this year, he grabbed everyone’s attention with a rendering of a 2003 Dodge Caravan built with full-on SRT-4 attitude. Recently, he revisited the idea and gave fans an even better look at what could have been one of Dodge’s most outrageous minivans.
Back in the early 2000s, Dodge was making noise with the Neon SRT-4. It was lightweight, turbocharged, and affordable—quickly becoming a tuner favorite thanks to its 230-horsepower turbocharged 2.4-liter I4 Abimelec asked the obvious question: why didn’t Dodge ever throw that same powerplant into its best-selling people mover? After all, the company wasn’t new to the idea of fast minivans. In 1989, you could order a Caravan with a turbocharged 2.5-liter I4 engine and even a manual transmission. It wasn’t built to dominate drag strips, but it became a cult classic among Mopar fans who loved the absurdity of a boosted family hauler.
The Caravan SRT-4 rendering takes that concept and cranks it up. Abimelec’s vision doesn’t stop at an engine swap. His digital creation wears an aggressive front fascia, flared side skirts, dual exhaust tips, and a lowered stance that completely transforms the van’s soccer-practice personality into something fit for the drag strip. The SRT-4’s trademark rear wing makes an appearance, perched atop the hatch, while multi-spoke wheels fill the arches to complete the look.
Under the hood, things get even more fun. Abimelec imagines the van packing the Neon SRT-4’s turbo engine, tuned to 285 horsepower—the same output Dodge eventually gave the Caliber SRT-4. That kind of grunt, in a family minivan, would have made for some legendary stoplight showdowns. Think of it as the ultimate mix of practicality and performance: sliding doors for the kids, but enough boost to embarrass sports cars of the day.
What makes this design special is how believable it feels. Dodge had the parts, the know-how, and the attitude back then to pull something like this off. Seeing it rendered today is a reminder of how much fun the brand used to have with offbeat performance ideas. And while we’ll never see a Caravan SRT-4 on the streets, thanks to AbimelecDesign, we get to enjoy the fantasy—and wish Dodge had been bold enough to make it real.
