You ignored the C/V tradesman, which is it's closest competitor sizewise. Admittedly, it's a piece of garbage.
That being said, comparing it to those vans is sorta apples/oranges. It is sized to compete with the VW T6, the Renault Traffic, the Ford Transit Custom, the Fiat Scudo and others of that ilk- which aren't sold here. The Sprinter is competitively priced as a diesel powered hauler - roughly $2000 more than the Ram ProMaster, and $1000 under the Ford Transit, like for like. I suspect that if Ford sold the Transit Custom here, it too would sell for around $28,900 for Cargo. With the exception of the crap-box Caravan, the non-commercial (and thus cheaper to build) minivans start around $28,000- the Benz Premium is only $4k or so. And those are closer in cargo capacity!
The Ram ProMaster City is a SWB compact van (LWB Doblos are sold elsewhere). It is favorable to the SWB Transit Connect, which is in it's class. The Metris is a regular length Mid-Sizer, and is both the largest and smallest in its class in this country, since it is the only commercial mid sizer sold here.
This is sorta like saying, look, the S-class is bigger than the Acura RLX. It has more luxury features, more leg room, more safety features, and so on. Well yeah. The RLX is an executive sedan which badly competes with the 5-series and E-class. Comparing it to an Sclass is nearly as silly as pointing out that the Renault Medallion had more legroom than the W126 560SEL. The Medallion may have been the finest American built car of its day, but it's not relevant to the S-Class.
That being said, comparing it to those vans is sorta apples/oranges. It is sized to compete with the VW T6, the Renault Traffic, the Ford Transit Custom, the Fiat Scudo and others of that ilk- which aren't sold here. The Sprinter is competitively priced as a diesel powered hauler - roughly $2000 more than the Ram ProMaster, and $1000 under the Ford Transit, like for like. I suspect that if Ford sold the Transit Custom here, it too would sell for around $28,900 for Cargo. With the exception of the crap-box Caravan, the non-commercial (and thus cheaper to build) minivans start around $28,000- the Benz Premium is only $4k or so. And those are closer in cargo capacity!
The Ram ProMaster City is a SWB compact van (LWB Doblos are sold elsewhere). It is favorable to the SWB Transit Connect, which is in it's class. The Metris is a regular length Mid-Sizer, and is both the largest and smallest in its class in this country, since it is the only commercial mid sizer sold here.
This is sorta like saying, look, the S-class is bigger than the Acura RLX. It has more luxury features, more leg room, more safety features, and so on. Well yeah. The RLX is an executive sedan which badly competes with the 5-series and E-class. Comparing it to an Sclass is nearly as silly as pointing out that the Renault Medallion had more legroom than the W126 560SEL. The Medallion may have been the finest American built car of its day, but it's not relevant to the S-Class.
