Viewpoint Mobility is the manufacturer of North America's best wheelchair accessible minivan, The Vision™. The Vision™ is a rear-entry, lowered floor modification that is seamlessly engineered to make DaimlerChrysler, Ford, and General Motors minivans as barrier-free as possible.

At Viewpoint Mobility, our vision is your freedom. A Vision™-equipped minivan can take you and your loved ones anywhere without compromising comfort, safety or style.
 
 
SEATING OPTIONS

The Vision™ has a variety of seating options to suit your unique mobility and capacity requirements.

Driver or Passenger Power Transfer Seat:
An optional transfer seat to the driver or passenger position is available. The transfer seat is available with a vinyl slip cover to ease transfer by reducing friction.
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Middle Row OEM Captain's Chairs:
The optional bucket seats allow the wheelchair user to sit beside other passengers in comfort. Original equipment captain's chairs can be remounted or if more width is needed for wider wheelchairs, we offer a narrower bucket seat.
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Middle Row Smaller Buckets:
Middle row bucket seats allows over 30" of space between the bucket seats for the wheelchair user. The bucket seats are trimmed in fabric, vinyl or leather to blend with the OEM interior colors and patterns.
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Folding Rear Bench:
When folded down, the rear bench adds two more seats behind your wheelchair. When folded up, it allows you to get in and out. To fold the bench up, you simply pull a lever the counterbalanced bench easily hides out of the way.
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VISION Engineering
As a cornerstone of the Viewpoint Mobility tradition, our engineers play a prominent role in how our company operates. They have collaborated with leading experts and universities to design the safest, highest quality and streamlined design on the market.
Our focus on quality has allowed us the pleasure of obtaining approval from OEM car manufacturers like DaimlerChrysler and General Motors. To date we are the only rear-entrance lowered-floor minivan manufacturer to meet the stringent standards of these companies.
Some of the Vision™'s technical specifications are outlined here for each of the DaimlerChrysler, Ford, and General Motors modifications. Determine your size requirements then explore these specifications to determine which chassis is best suited for you.

    UPLANDER GM 97 05 STOWnGO CHRYSLER WINDSTAR FREESTAR
A Lowered Floor Length 91 91 89 90 87.5 84.25
B Lowered Floor Width 29.5 29 31.5 31.5 31.25 31.75
C Useable Ramp Width 30 30 30 30 30 30
D Ramp Length Auto Entry *(Bi-Fold manual ramp is 54") 40 40 40 40 40 40
E VISION Buckets (Eight (8) Passenger Modular Seating) 27 29 30 30 30 30
F Ground Clearance at Rear Frame 9 9 6.5 8.25 8 9
G Ground Clearance at Skid Plate 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.25 6.75
H Interior Head Room in Front Wheelchair Location 56 58 58.25 58.25 58.25 56.25
I Entrance Head Room 56 55 56.5 54.25 53 54
J Distance From Ground to highest point on rear hatch—with the Door Open and Van not Kneeling. (Dimension is Less when Van in Kneeling) 85 87 87 85 84 85
K Distance from Ground to Top of Van—Rear hatch Closed 76 76 73 73 72 71
  Passenger/Driver Transfer Seat Not Available X X     X X
  Available 56" ADA Option X   X X X X
* All dimensions are for reference only and are approximate.
* Please consult Viewpoint Mobility with any questions.
* Dimensions may change without notice.
* Dimensions are in Inches.
 
SAFETY

The health and safety of our customers is held paramount at Viewpoint Mobility. We have designed our modification to be the safest possible and our twelve-year long testing program proves it. Not only is it one of the longest testing programs in the industry, but the results from crash testing are used to continuously improve design concepts in future generationcrashtest_190 modifications.

Our testing program includes crash testing, seat and seat-base testing, and brake testing. We have also completed emission and sound testing. In every test, the Vision™ has exceeded FMVSS (USA) and CMVSS (Canada) standards.
 

Our modification is preferred because of the fact that the vehicle manufacturer's unibody design is not compromised. Our construction techniques ensure that the vehicle's frame is as perfectly aligned as it was when it came off the production line. Other modifications are more intrusive because a significant piece of the vehicle is removed in construction, and the original safety and quality characteristics are altered.

We are proud of our safety initiative and we are pleased to pass the benefits of one of the safest wheelchair accessible vehicles on to you.
ABOUT CRASH TESTING

crashtest_190Viewpoint Mobility works hard to stay at the forefront of lowered-floor minivan engineering and testing. A crash test consists of testing the Front, Drivers Side, and Rear of the same van to see if it meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS).

The first picture to the right is the Ford Windstar after the frontal crash. After the impact the van is left untouched for 30 minutes to see if fuel leaks out. We passed successfully and had no fuel leaks!crashrear_190


The next picture is the same van after the rear crash was performed. After the impact the van is left untouched for 30 minutes to see if fuel leaks out. We again passed with no leaks!




crashroll_190After each crash the van is put onto a rotisserie to ensure that there are indeed no leaks. The van is rotated in 90° increments and held there for 5 minutes to see if anything leaks out. You will be glad to know we had zero fuel leakage on all 3 (Front, Side & Rear) successful crash tests of this van!