I've owned a full size cargo van a ford ranger with 7 ft bed and now I have a chevy 1500 with a full 8 foot bed so far the best has been the chevy when is first got it I was loading loads that I used to take I'm the ranger and realizing it only took half the truck bed up. The gas mileage from 4 cyl to 6 cyl usually isn't that bad and the extra power of a 6 will help when your towing trailers or have a real big load