Anyone here like work vans?

[Morris Minor]

1) Yes there is room for a light Transit-type van in the US. The Sprinter has had great success in this niche.

2) American pickup trucks are great leisure vehicles as well as extremely practical; great for moving stuff and people. They are a bargain too. I know plenty of people who have pickups that do service  at the weekends for everything from hauling boats, to moving stuff between homes to hunting.

There is nothing quite like sitting up high in a quiet cabin with a honkin' V8 under the gas pedal.