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PSA are the obvious ones (often tied in with Fiat), Berlingo/Partner but also the little Bipper/Nemo/Qubo, they have history of this windowed Expert vans (and Fiats identical Scudo) were and still are the basis for Eurotaxi, and the smaller 806 previously shared many components with the vans which translated them as being one of the best mid sized MPV's ever in my humble, 807 got too clever for its own good.
Look at Berlingo as an example, seems almost identical to the C4 Picasso but notably the electric parking brake was sensibly dumped in favour of traditional, my driving experiences of the vans shows them to be more usefully mapped with better low engine speed torque than cars fitted with the same engine, my only regret with Berlingo is that they never fitted a proper TC auto gearbox, i'd have had one like a shot and the dealers i used to deliver them to told me they could have sold hundreds more of them, if only.
Renault Kangoo (now discontinued in Britain) Fiat Qubo and Doblo both vans and MPvs. Hyundai iLoad/i800
Quite a few players in the Transit sized van range, apart from Tranny !..;) Vauxhall Vivaro and its Nissan/Renault equivalent available with increasingly extra seating up to full mini bus and VW with the Caddi Maxi and Caravelle/Transporter range which have become a cult.
Nearly forgot MB with the Vito van and its expensive and similarly prone to rust MPV equivalents.
Bet theres lots more though, and lots of grey imports from Japan from Toyota and Nissan and Mazda too when you start to search.
Edited by gordonbennet on 28/09/2013 at 15:34
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