When I worked for the NHS, I drove a number of different vans. The mainstay of the owned fleet where the excellent Merc Sprinter vans ( the big ones) - beautifully designed for all-day use with good seating, brilliantly laid out dials and switches etc. Plenty of cabin stowage for your needs (Coffee and sandwiches) complete with coat hooks between the seats. They would turn on a sixpence - ours were real workhorses, the one allocated to me on a local route was driven 92 miles a day 5 days a week and a little less on day 6. It took everything that could be thrown at it. The interior although a little plain was durable.
We had various sized Transits ( on hire) - the two mainstays were of different spec. One was fully loaded and was a far more comfortable cab to be in. There was a huge gap in seat comfort, I found the basic one difficult to use for this reason, it was eventually swapped for a large Vauxhall Monarvo van, this was a quieter van than either the Merc or the Ford, far better suspension than the Ford with a much nicer interior and the all important "Air" - turning circle was crap compared to the Fords and the Merc though. Good radio !
There were a couple of NHS owned Transporters, I drove one once and it seemed ok really. The Fiat Duplo was awful....Always the Mercs for me, dependable, cavernous, quick and comfy as an all day drive if a little rusty
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