Re: Work Vans...Thoughts?
The place I now work at has three vans which are a Sprinter, a Metris and a Ford Transit Connect. The Sprinter and Metris are nice vehicles. I don't drive the Sprinter so, can't tell you much but, haven't heard of any issues. The Metris is nice, a bit bigger than a Dodge Caravan with higher clearance requirements (A number of the local downtown parking garages have low clearances) so, we go with a 6'4" clearance rule for the Metris (it's taller than a Dodge Caravan). The Metris has a 2.0L Turbo and has good get up and go. The Ford Transit Connect is the smallest van that we have (It's what I mostly drive) and I have no real complaints (from a user interface I actually prefer to drive it then the Metris, but that's just me).
A very general comment about the Ecoboost engines. Cars, Vans or pickups? Just saying. However, they do have a 3.7L V6 NA, a 3.5L Ecoboost and a 3.2L Power Stroke Diesel engine options. It just depends on what you're hauling. I personally do like the user controls in the Ford Transit Connect over the Mercedes Metris.