The undisputed market leader in the full-size passenger van segment is the
Ford Club
Wagon, the passenger version of the Econoline van. The Club Wagon, until this model
year the only full-size passenger van with body-on-frame construction, has always been
head-and-shoulders better than the Chevrolet and Dodge full-size vans, which are built
with unitbody construction techniques and simply aren't as stiff or as quiet as the
frame-built Ford. The 1996 Chevrolet G-van (see page 112) has switched over to
body-on-frame construction and should finally give the Ford some competition in the
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