The Sprinters are definitely being marketed to the fleet ops. As a matter of fact, one of the options I ran across was a 74mph speed limiter, ostensibly for fleet ops who don't want their drivers screwing around. Although, with that tiny engine, I would bet that only drops the top speed 2mph or so...

I've driven an E150 with the 4.2L V6, which I think was rated at about 180-190hp, and that thing was a DOG. I've never white-knuckled it for so long on such a flat freeway...

No Ford Transit in this corner of the world. The U.S. market is still stuck on ever greater HP and torque numbers, not what we sensibly need, so that's what the manufacturers are making. I'm beginning to think that gas will have to hit $5/gallon before we wake up and start driving point-A to point-B vehicles instead of tanks that can go as fast as most race cars. (I would still need a truck, of course, because I'm in construction...)

Jason