Vans, Especially Super Vans,

"Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast." (twostrokesmoke) 02/26/2015 at 16:44 • Filed to: None

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Are better than wagons. You know I'm right about this.

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davedave1111 > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/26/2015 at 16:49

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Quite right, who doesn't want one of these?

I have to admit, though, I quite like the Fiat Doblo. Bit slow, but ridiculously practical, and quite smart for a van-car.

And who wouldn't rock a Qubo in this colour?

(I hear it's actually a heaping pile of rebadged Peugeot shite, but it's just so happy looking that I can't hate it the way I should.)

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > davedave1111 02/26/2015 at 16:55

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I'm told that Peugeot vans are the work of satan. As is the transit connect.

Tareim - V8 powered > davedave1111 02/26/2015 at 16:56

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yeah its also a Peugeot Bipper and Citroen Nemo

davedave1111 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 02/26/2015 at 16:58

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Probably. It's a bit like going to the dogs' home to pick out a puppy, and finding out that the cutest, most adorable one in the place suffers from chronic gastrointestinal distress.

davedave1111 > Tareim - V8 powered 02/26/2015 at 17:00

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"Citroen Nemo"

Have you ever seen that cartoon about the guy who couldn't remember where he parked his?

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > davedave1111 02/26/2015 at 17:15

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This sounds like a European problem to me.

Birddog > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/26/2015 at 17:18

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I had the Matchbox SV2 when I was a kid. I thought it was the coolest damn thing.

jariten1781 > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/26/2015 at 17:18

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Super Vans?

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > jariten1781 02/26/2015 at 17:20

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Those are also acceptable.

Svend > Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. 02/26/2015 at 17:43

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A super awesome van would be the Ford Transit with a Jaguar XJ220

The 1990s were the era of the turbocharged supercar, and few could match the slippery looks and top-speed numbers of the Jaguar XJ220.

Powered by a twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6, it made 540 hp, went from 0–60 in 3.6 seconds, and had a top speed of 213 mph. For a brief time, it was the fastest production car in the world—until the McLaren F1 came along.

During its development, however, the XJ220 inadvertently gave rise to one of the silliest vehicles of all time. In need of an engineering testbed to work out the bugs on the V6, TWR turned to something innocuous: a Ford Transit.

The swapped-in XJ220 running gear gave this utilitarian box 540 hp. It was, as you might imagine, an absolute terror.

As TWR and the XJ220 faded into history, the Jag-Van sat unloved on a back lot. For a time, it was a parts truck for the Benetton F1 team. Later, XJ220 specialists Don Law Racing acquired it and set to work restoring and improving it.

As it sits today, the van is equipped with XJ220 wheels up front and racing slicks in back. It now makes a 640 hp, and the suspension has been set up to compensate for the truck's original, baked-in understeer.

Top speed is somewhere north of 170 mph, and it regularly runs the hill climb at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, embarrassing prettier machinery.

or Fords own Ford Transit SuperSportVan. 200bhp 3.2litre.