The minivan has had many different faces over the years and it’s evolution has progressed along in anything but a straight line.
There have been rear-engine/rear-drive, front-engine/rear-drive, and front-engine/front-drive chassis topped with many different styles of bodies.
Check out Autoblog’s gallery of the weirdest, wildest and worst vans and minivans of all time: http://www.autoblog.com/photos/minivans-weird/?icid=autoblog|trend|weirdest-minivans#image-1