I was chatting with a field tech who was installing new interwebs at my neighbor's house. He said one of the problems they have is getting their vans where needed in this area when the roads are bad: steep grades, slippery, hairpins etc. They have some 4WD trucks, but they don't have the volume capacity of a boxy work van.
I imagine it's a tiny market but, since you can get vans in so many flavors: shapes, wheelbases, roof heights, engine sizes etc, I'm surprise there aren't any 4WD options. They'd be handy in mountain states.
Edit: - I see there's now a Transit AWD option. That's about all I see though. I think UPS etc would like 4WD options too.
I dunno.. The USPS gets by just fine with chains on their RWD Harvesters. They were the only ones that could get down and up the steep slope when we were snowed in earlier this year.
GM used to offer AWD on the Express vans. Looks like they dropped that option a few years ago. Guess it wasn't popular.
Sprinters can be 4x4 can't they? But it's an expensive option
UPS uses pickup bodies with boxes on the back sometimes...I assume those are 4WD, they have the height and look of it.
Quote from: MaxPower on July 14, 2020, 06:38:50 AM
UPS uses pickup bodies with boxes on the back sometimes...I assume those are 4WD, they have the height and look of it.
I first saw one of those 2 days ago. Looked pretty strange, like it was carrying around a large safe with a UPS logo.