Van

covered transportation vehicle

A van is a type of vehicle. A van can carry either goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, A van is usually bigger than the regular sized car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry (all types: box truck, boom truck, ready mix cement truck, mobile concrete mixer truck, cutaway van chassis, water tanker truck, oil tanker truck, milk tanker truck, dropside truck, fire engine truck, container truck, tow truck, dual drive/steer truck, logging truck, garbage truck, stakebed truck, dual drive/steer truck, vacuum truck, beverage truck, platform truck, bucket truck, flatbed truck, sprinkler truck, car carrier truck, semi-trailer truck (tractor), and dump truck) or a bus (all types: Coach bus, Offroad bus, Training bus, Open top bus, Gyrobus, High-floor bus, Bi-articulated bus, Police bus, Guided bus, Hybrid bus, Type A School bus, Type B School bus, Type C School bus, Type D School bus, Shuttle bus, paratransit bus, Neighborhood bus, Single-decker bus, Articulated bus, Double-decker bus, Minibus, Minicoach, Double-decker bus, Single-decker bus, and Low-floor bus). Panel vans (vans whose cargo space has no side windows) are used for deliveries and carrying goods. These usually have large cargo space and few windows. A van which is used to carry people is often called a minibus. It can usually carry many people, sometimes up to a total of 15.

Volkswagen Crafter van
Ford Transit van

Unlike a pickup truck, many companies make vans, including Chevrolet, Daihatsu, Dodge, Fiat, Ford, GMC, Honda, Hyundai, Isuzu, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki, Toyota, Vauxhall, and Volkswagen.

You may usually drive a van with the same driver's license as an ordinary car, but the heaviest and largest vans may require a truck licence.

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A minivan is smaller and usually carries up to seven people - and are taller than a sedan car, hatchback, station wagon, and SUV.

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