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I think when it comes to vans they've kind of let go of traditional designs. like https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Dodge-Ram-Van.jpg https:/
by m463 2y ago
I think when it comes to vans they've kind of let go of traditional designs.
like https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Dodge-Ram-Van.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Dodge-Ra...
Now they've gotten the european influence to be very square:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/2015_Ford_Transit_250_MR_148%22%2C_fR.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/2015_For...
or like the european designed mercedes sprinter, very tall too:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Mercedes-Benz_Sprinter_FedEx_2.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Mercedes...
- laurencerowe 2y agoThe European equivalents to the Dodge Ram Van are the smaller Transit Custom or VW Transporter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Transit_Custom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Transit_Custom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Transporter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Transporter The equivalent US trucks mostly used by FedEx and UPS are much squarer than the European designed Transit or Sprinter vans that are now replacing them. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FedEx_Express_truck.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FedEx_Express_truck....
- yencabulator 2y agoRam Promaster is a rebranded Fiat Ducato. The European equivalent of it is thus a Fiat Ducato. UPS uses plenty of Promasters.
- laurencerowe 2y agoThe Fiat Ducati / Ram Promaster is another Transit / Sprinter class van but the linked image with the “traditional design” in the post I responded to was of an older, smaller Dodge Ram Van. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Ram_Van https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Ram_Van I was trying to point out that the Transit/Sprinter/Ducati class vans are replacing the larger and far more boxy FedEx and UPS vans like this: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UPS_package_car.jpg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UPS_package_car.jp...
- ttepasse 2y agoThe main German postal service for a time manufactured their own e-vans, which where rather boxy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StreetScooter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StreetScooter