Originally Posted by Och

It's not even the overall size of the van, not only these Sprinters are bigger and more practical, but they are also much better designed for access and loading. All three traditional American vans had rear doors shorter than 48", while most every material in the US comes in 4x8 or 4x10 sheets, so everything had to be loaded on an angle. Doors also did not have any kind of hold open mechanism, so they would flop freely while you're trying to load the vans.

And these old vans came with engines that were too big and heavy for the van chassis. My old 6 cylinder Sprinter and my new 4 cylinder Sprinter are much better at everything than my old E350 with the 6.0 V8.

Good riddance on the Express, should've got rid of it at least a decade ago. Lets see what kinda chassis they build for the electric vans.

Originally Posted by Och

The Chevy Express, much like the old Dodge Ram and Ford Econoline, were absolute garbage. The Sprinter and Transit vans are so much better in every possible way, even the FWD Promaster is more practical and better built. No comparison.

Originally Posted by Fizzboy7

Built like a tank, and with a very cool, mesmerizing exhaust note at idle. Will be missed.

Originally Posted by mmarshall

So what you're saying, in effect, is that fleet-operators, instead of loading up big rugged V8-powered full-size cargo vans, are, instead, cheapening out and overloading smaller, less-capable vehicles. That's fine...until the engines, transmissions, and brakes crap out, and the suspensions wear out, from the weight.....which probably won't take very long. Being penny-wise can sometimes be pound-foolish.