Jim Walls via EV wrote:
My wife drove two mini-vans over a period of almost 20 years. You are right that they are very practical.
Same here; I've been driving minivans since the 1960's. My first was a Chevy Corvair Greenbrier. My last was a VW Eurovan.
However, see how happy the wife would be if you wanted to carry a pallet of bags of fertilizer! Or worse, 1,000 pound of fertilizer in bulk!
The 1961 Greenbrier's floor was steel with a removable rubber mat. Pop the seats and mat out, and you had the bed of a pickup. It could also easily fit a full-size pallet with a 4.5 foot high load. Mine had double-doors, but there was also the "rampside" version with a ramp that lowered right to the ground to form a ramp for loading/unloading.
The 2002 VW Eurovan was the last descendent of the famed VW transporter line that we could buy in the US. It was the smallest minivan on the outside; but by far the largest on the inside. It could carry twice as much as the Dodge Caravan. The carpet wasn't removable, so I had to throw a tarp on it to haul dirty loads.
But most minivans turned into boxy cars. Like most SUVs, they're poor for hauling anything but people.
I get the sense that emotion and appearance matter more than practicality and utility.
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