- I am considering a used Nissan work van a 2013 NV 2500 high roof. It has 176K and I will drive it relatively locally. I understand Nissan is discontinuing their van fleet. Will this cause me problems with parts and service and if not Nissan whose similar work van should I consider ? Thanks.
I would not buy a Nissan van Nissan not very quality vehicles. And with that mileage probably the transmission is on its way out anyway. Toyota Vans are 10 times stronger
They are OK but then again thats a lot of miles. To be fair the 5 speed automatic is decent much better than their CVT (probably why it got past 100k miles) but the car is still relatively cheap I would avoid this van. There really isn't many good ones out there. If it was the passenger van I would say go get a Sienna but for work vans you have the Ford Transit (not that well made) Ram Promaster City (c'mon its a Fiat) and the Mercedes Sprinter (probably the best made out there, good amount of configurations, but then again too expensive). I mean @mountainmanjoe has experience with the Chevy Astro/GMC Safari I find them to be somewhat junky feeling but they seem to last according to him and members here. Is it worth buying such an old GM product is another question.
I wonder which Toyota work van Scotty is referring to that can do the job of a NV2500, has a 1.5t payload capacity, and a high roof like kdub wants. 10x stronger... really?
If you need the high roof, then your options are a Ford Transit or Mercedes Sprinter. If you're on a budget, then that narrows it down to Ford.