Panel van

2001 Citroën Berlingo
1960s Austin 35 delivery van

A panel van, also known as a delivery van (United Kingdom),[1] blind van, car-derived van or sedan delivery (United States), is a small cargo vehicle with a passenger car chassis, typically with a single front bench seat and no side windows behind the B-pillar.[2] Panel vans are smaller than panel trucks or cargo vans, both of which use body-on-frame truck chassis.[1]

As they are derived from passenger cars, the development of panel vans is typically closely linked with the passenger car models upon which they depend. North American panel vans were initially based upon the two-door station wagon models, while Europe's narrower roads dictated that panel vans utilize the smaller donor chassis of subcompact cars in that market. In Australia, panel vans were a development of the ute, a small pickup truck based on a passenger car chassis, e.g. Holden Ute, often using the longer wheelbase of a station wagon chassis.[3][4]

  1. ^ Collins English Dictionary and Chamber's English Dictionary
  2. ^ "Car-derived vans and dual purpose vehicles". UK government. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Another look at sedan deliveries". Mac's Motor City Garage. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  4. ^ Adams, Keith (25 September 2011). "Commercials : Car derived vans/pick-ups – AROnline". AROnline. Retrieved 18 February 2018.