2005 GMC Safari Overview
On Tuesday, November 16, 2004, General Motors officially ended speculation and announced that it's Chevy Astro and GMC Safari rear-drive mid-vans were to be discontinued in 2005. As a direct consequence, the automaker's Baltimore, Md. assembly plant, which exclusively built the two vans, closed its doors during the first week of May. The Astro and Safari were among the first group of minivans to come to market in 1984 as 1985 models, following Chrysler Group's now legendary original 1984 Magic Wagons.
