Vans and minivans do everything trucks and SUVs do, and they do it better. Every time. No exception. SUVs and crossovers are just worse minivans for people who think they’re too cool to drive a minivan.
And those outside of North America largely need not apply. I wish we could just have a robust public transit system here, but apparently, public transit is antithetical to muh freedum or something. Or so they tell me.
And that’s not even getting into the point the post makes, which is that these monstrosities are getting bigger and more dangerous to pedestrians, yet our governments do nothing to stop it.
Can’t get a load of rock dumped in a minivan, can’t use a forklift to put a pallet in it, no using lifts either. Plenty of stuff vans can’t do.
I think you’re right, and the original post is wrong to say that vans do it better every time, no exception.
However, I think that a van would be a more practical and better vehicle for a vast majority of people who are driving trucks. It’s just that people don’t care if things are practical, they want things that they think are cool.
Probably not in a minivan, but I’ve personally loaded pallets into cargo vans with a forklift