Why so little choice in the van market?

[MarshPhantom]

If your after something Transit sized your choices are as follows.

Vito
Transporter
Transit
Rebadged Renault/Nissan/Vauxhall
Rebadged Fiat/Peugeot/Citroen/Toyota.

And that's it.

How come there is so much badge engineering in this sector, no Japanese vans, nothing from Korea etc.

[MarshPhantom]

There's a big difference between platform sharing and badge engineering - it's like the bad old days of British Leyland

If you don't want something based on some French POS the choice is very limited indeed.

[MarshPhantom]

We get Vitos from work, no choice unfortunately as I'm really not a fan. Cramped cab, no storage, huge blind spot created by massive A pillars, always something wrong with it, the list goes on.

[MarshPhantom]

TimCAP said:

Vito? Drive the very latest one - it might look similar to the old model but it's in a different league in drivability.

The current Vito is supposed to be a good driver, but I don't get it, handles like it's got a flat tyre.

The new one won't address my main issues as it's the same vehicle, mainly lack of space and storage in the cab (it's ruined by the pointless and unusable passenger bench seat) and the ginormous blind spot created by the ginormous A-pillars - security is piss poor too (see more of these with added security than other van), and the heater's crap when it's cold.