Commercial Mini Van?

KEEP RT · 03-09-2011, 12:54 AM

Hello GM!!!?I own a small electrical company and soon will be hurting. I need to buy new commercial mini vans like the Astro . None are made in the USA. That P.O.S. made by FORDIsn't worth owing. GM, if you want to capture a market build more Astro's. All of mine have 200K+ and wont last. Help the small business owner. PLEASE!!

FenwickHockey65 · 03-09-2011, 12:57 AM

Stew · 03-09-2011, 07:28 AM

http://www.allpar.com/trucks/ram/cargo-van.html

Not GM, but it is a minivan cargo with the new pentastar, 25MPG highway, flat load floor, etc, etc.

Shifty 6 · 03-09-2011, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

I think you attached the wrong picture. He was asking about the ASTRO.

cab2g · 03-09-2011, 02:30 PM

That's a full sized Van. I think he's talking something more HHR sized like the Ford Transit.

buzzy56 · 03-09-2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by KEEP RT

Hello GM!!!?I own a small electrical company and soon will be hurting. I need to buy new commercial mini vans like the Astro . None are made in the USA. That P.O.S. made by FORDIsn't worth owing. GM, if you want to capture a market build more Astro's. All of mine have 200K+ and wont last. Help the small business owner. PLEASE!!

I also owned one many moons ago.Hauled the kids & lots of antiques along with the groceries. Loved it & sold it with a lot of miles on it with the body still in perfect conditon except for the peeling paint on the side pillars.Great vehicle those " m " van's.

SleepWarz · 03-09-2011, 03:56 PM

I hated the astro my family owned. terriable to work on, and it just fell apart all the time, granted it was an 87.....

FenwickHockey65 · 03-09-2011, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Shifty 6

I think you attached the wrong picture. He was asking about the ASTRO.

I know. GM hasn't produced an M-body van for years now, and they're not going to just randomly start up again. The Express/Savana and HHR Panel are your only options for a commercial van from GM.

TahoeCamaro · 03-09-2011, 09:03 PM

HHR Panel is your only way to go. They're good cars, check them out.

KEEP RT · 03-10-2011, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

I know. GM hasn't produced an M-body van for years now, and they're not going to just randomly start up again. The Express/Savana and HHR Panel are your only options for a commercial van from GM.

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Originally Posted by TahoeCamaro

HHR Panel is your only way to go. They're good cars, check them out.

Though I thank you for your interest in the thread, the HHR is not even close to being a true commercial usable mini van (to small and really cant put a real ladder rack on one now can we)? As far as GM not building a M-body, well that's what this thread is all about. there are allot of small businesses like mine that are putting 300K on them then rebuilding them or putting a new motor in them and wont give them up because the body design is perfect for what we need and the power is sufficient for the use. Again the Ford is Crap! I looked at the link to the Dodge and though it looked alright its still based on a passenger van. We need a full framed rear wheel drive single side door dual rear door that can put ladders on and parts bins and pull a hill and fit in a parking garage with ladders. Oh and 25 MPG would be good. Again I thank you but I'm not carrying flowers or cakes. If you are in the construction trades (electrical, my self) then you would understand. I am hoping that someone from GM would read this and help. It doesn't have to be retro or fast or cool looking just work.

FenwickHockey65 · 03-10-2011, 08:37 AM

Ummm...again...

I refuel these things at work all the time and they sound exactly like what you're looking for.

toesuf94 · 03-10-2011, 08:56 AM

Get the full size vans with a V6...decent mpg and more room for cleaner trucks when everything is loaded in them.

KEEP RT · 03-10-2011, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

Ummm...again...

I refuel these things at work all the time and they sound exactly like what you're looking for.

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Originally Posted by toesuf94

Get the full size vans with a V6...decent mpg and more room for cleaner trucks when everything is loaded in them.

try parking one in a parking structure with a ladder rack.

FenwickHockey65 · 03-10-2011, 07:27 PM

Facilities Operations and Development department here at OSU does it every day. Not that hard.

03-09-2011, 12:54 AM	#1
KEEP RT Wonderfully Awful Idea Drives: 2010 2SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Battle Ground, WA Posts: 1,456 View My Garage	Commercial Mini Van? Hello GM!!!?I own a small electrical company and soon will be hurting. I need to buy new commercial mini vans like the Astro . None are made in the USA. That P.O.S. made by FORDIsn't worth owing. GM, if you want to capture a market build more Astro's. All of mine have 200K+ and wont last. Help the small business owner. PLEASE!! __________________

03-09-2011, 12:57 AM	#2
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03-09-2011, 02:30 PM	#5
cab2g love. my. car. Drives: 2011 2SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,372 View My Garage	That's a full sized Van. I think he's talking something more HHR sized like the Ford Transit. __________________

03-09-2011, 09:03 PM	#9
TahoeCamaro Drives: '10 Camaro SS/RS VR, '11 Tahoe LTZ Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Gulf Shores, AL Posts: 685	HHR Panel is your only way to go. They're good cars, check them out. __________________

03-10-2011, 08:37 AM	#11
FenwickHockey65 General Motors Aficionado Drives: 2023 GMC Canyon, 2023 Expedition Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 37,375 View My Garage	Ummm...again... I refuel these things at work all the time and they sound exactly like what you're looking for. __________________ 2023 GMC Canyon Elevation 2023 Ford Expedition SSV (State-Issued)

03-09-2011, 07:28 AM	#3
Stew Drives: 92 Luminadead/01 Dakota/97 F150 4x4 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Eastern, Ky Posts: 3,789	http://www.allpar.com/trucks/ram/cargo-van.html Not GM, but it is a minivan cargo with the new pentastar, 25MPG highway, flat load floor, etc, etc.

03-09-2011, 03:56 PM	#7
SleepWarz Banned Drives: 1991 New Yorker, 69 Tbird, ABM2SSRS Join Date: May 2009 Location: BC Canada Posts: 2,248 View My Garage	I hated the astro my family owned. terriable to work on, and it just fell apart all the time, granted it was an 87.....

03-10-2011, 08:56 AM	#12
toesuf94 Drives: THR #11 E-force supercharged Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Cedar Rapids, IA Posts: 4,746	Get the full size vans with a V6...decent mpg and more room for cleaner trucks when everything is loaded in them. __________________ Cars and women are both going to give you problems...but you can pay somebody else to fix your car!

03-10-2011, 07:27 PM	#14
FenwickHockey65 General Motors Aficionado Drives: 2023 GMC Canyon, 2023 Expedition Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 37,375 View My Garage	Facilities Operations and Development department here at OSU does it every day. Not that hard. __________________ 2023 GMC Canyon Elevation 2023 Ford Expedition SSV (State-Issued)

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