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For compact minivan
Minivan

File:Plymouth Voyager 1992.jpgA minivan, multi-purpose vehicle , people-carrier, people-mover or multi-utility vehicle is a type of automobile similar in shape to a van that is designed for personal use....
s, see Compact MPV
Compact MPV

A Compact MPV is a car classification used in Europe to describe multi-purpose vehicle versions of small family cars , fitting between the mini MPV and large MPV sub-segments....
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A compact van is a type of van
Van

A van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is usually a box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground, also referred to as a light commercial vehicle or LCV....
 characterized by a flat front design, mechanicals based on a compact car
Compact car

A compact , small family or c-segment car is a car classification of automobile which are larger than a supermini car and smaller than a large family car....
, an engine placed either at the rear or between and behind the front seats and were roughly the same size as the VW Bus
Volkswagen Type 2

The Volkswagen Type 2 was the second automotive line introduced by Germany automaker Volkswagen. It was a van introduced in 1950, initially based on Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1, also known as the "Volkswagen Beetle"....
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For compact minivan
Minivan

File:Plymouth Voyager 1992.jpgA minivan, multi-purpose vehicle , people-carrier, people-mover or multi-utility vehicle is a type of automobile similar in shape to a van that is designed for personal use....
s, see Compact MPV
Compact MPV

A Compact MPV is a car classification used in Europe to describe multi-purpose vehicle versions of small family cars , fitting between the mini MPV and large MPV sub-segments....
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A compact van is a type of van
Van

A van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is usually a box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground, also referred to as a light commercial vehicle or LCV....
 characterized by a flat front design, mechanicals based on a compact car
Compact car

A compact , small family or c-segment car is a car classification of automobile which are larger than a supermini car and smaller than a large family car....
, an engine placed either at the rear or between and behind the front seats and were roughly the same size as the VW Bus
Volkswagen Type 2

The Volkswagen Type 2 was the second automotive line introduced by Germany automaker Volkswagen. It was a van introduced in 1950, initially based on Volkswagen's first model, the Type 1, also known as the "Volkswagen Beetle"....
. Popular in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 during the early 1960s these models were replaced by fullsize vans, at the end of the 1960s in this market, these used body-on-frame
Body-on-frame

Body-on-frame is an automobile construction technology. Mounting a separate body to a rigid frame which supports the drivetrain was the original method of building automobiles, and its use continues to this day....
 construction and featured front engines under a short hood.

Japanese vans

The flat front configuration is also used for Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese vans, and the format remains popular in Japan South East Asia to this day. Those that comply with Kei car
Kei car

Kei car, K-car, or , is a Japanese category of small automobiles, including automobiles, microvan, and kei truck. They are designed to exploit local tax and insurance relaxations, and in more rural areas are exempted from the requirement to certify that adequate parking is available for the vehicle....
 regulations are known as microvan
Microvan

A microvan is a van that fits into Japanese kei car classification or similar. In certain regions, these models are inexpensive and widely used for small business because of tax and insurance benefits; for example, in Japan they are exempted from a certification that there is adequate parking available for the vehicle....
s.They were also later supplemented by minivan
Minivan

File:Plymouth Voyager 1992.jpgA minivan, multi-purpose vehicle , people-carrier, people-mover or multi-utility vehicle is a type of automobile similar in shape to a van that is designed for personal use....
s, which with car based components, and sized like the original VW Bus. In these markets the compact vans often survive as combined commercial passenger and goods vehicles. Due to their resemblance to a loaf of bread they are colloquially known as "bread cars".

Compact vans in media


The main characters of the Scooby Doo cartoon series
Cartoon series

A cartoon series is a set of regularly presented animation television programs created or adapted for television broadcast with a common series title, usually related to one another....
 drove a compact van called the "Mystery Machine".

Examples

  • Dodge A100
    Dodge A100

    The A100 line was a family of compact vans and trucks produced by Chrysler and sold under the Dodge and Fargo brands from 1964 through 1970, competing with the Ford Econoline and Chevrolet Van, all inspired by the Volkswagen Type 2....
  • Ford E-Series
    Ford E-Series

    The Ford E-Series, formerly known as the "Econoline" or "Club Wagon", is a line of Full size van vans and truck chassis from the Ford Motor Company....
  • General Motors van - the original Chevy van and Greenbrier


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