The floor of a minivan's cargo area is much closer to the ground, so even though the roof height isn't much different, the cargo area is taller." There are many reasons related to efficiency, both of packaging and fuel, that folks really need vans over trucks, but the public tends to vote for trucks/crossovers with their wallets -- and then ... More @Wikipedia
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