I had the pleasure of driving a rental Mercedes Sprinter van around Austria and Germany last
summer.  It may not be pretty, but it was definitely a functional vehicle to drive - kinda like
the old VW Bus.  We were able to cruise 80 to 90 MPH on the autobahn and still get better than 22
MPG with 7 people on board - room for 9, though.  We saw 3 different rooflines.  The one in the
pictures shown here is the intermediate height - too high to get into parking structures.

As I said it was functional or utilitarian - no power windows, no DVD players, a minimal radio,
and a bit loud.  A little soundproofing would help immensely.  This is a commercial vehicle and
too large to qualify as a minivan, but I think it's a better direction than some of the VW concept
vans I saw last year.  Reduce the overall size, lower the roofline, and I might be interested.

My 2 euro cents worth.

Oldkayaker