While the death of the small van may seem minor, it can have major implications for fleets that operate in urban areas or require the benefits that a compact cargo van offers.

The best cargo vans for small businesses combine serious cargo-hauling capability with smart tech features. Here are the five best vans available new in 2021.

In compact-cargo-van format, it beats everything in its class with a payload capacity (what it can carry onboard) of 1,883 pounds and a towing capacity of 2,000 pounds.

The latest entry in the compact-cargo-van skirmish is the front-drive Nissan NV200. Read our first-drive review and see photos at Car and Driver.

Small cargo van puts 122.7 cu. ft. of cargo space and 1,500 lb. capacity on a unibody chassis with turning diameter of only 36.7 ft. Chevrolet’s City Express, based on the Nissan NV200 cargo van ...

Earlier this year, Mercedes-Benz updated its Sprinter, and Nissan introduced its NV200 – a low-cost compact cargo van.

The leading rival is the Transit Connect from Ford -- which pioneered the compact cargo van segment in 2009 with its European import and just rolled out a redesigned second generation.

Two days after it ran, the great roulette wheel of “the next available test vehicle’’ put a—you guessed it—2014 Nissan NV200 compact cargo van in my driveway.

Chrysler’s Ram Commercial Truck division is finalizing plans to introduce a small cargo van for the North American market in 2015. It will be dubbed the Ram ProMaster City and will be based on ...

Front-wheel-drive commercial van is said to lead the compact category with 178 hp, 1,900-lb. payload and 132-cu.-ft. cargo volume ...

This means the compact cargo van segment is disappearing in the U.S. entirely—at least for now. As recently as 2018, there were five brands selling compact vans in the U.S.: Chevrolet, Ford ...

Ford and Ram to Drop Compact Vans, and There Goes the Segment With the Transit Connect and ProMaster City set to end production soon, small commercial vans have reached the end of the road in the U.S.