 In the 1980s era of downsizing, Chrysler explored alternatives for large family vehicles.After its development at Ford in the 1970s into a running prototype, Lee Iaccoca revived minivans at Chrysler as an alternative for full-size and mid-size station wagons, developed alongside the K-cars.Declining sales, along with lack of development funds, led Chrysler to withdraw production of full-size station wagons after the 1978 model year; after 1982, the wagon version of the K-car was the sole station wagon sold by Chrysler.