# What's the best car for a courier? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [April 17, 2015, 6:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-the-best-car-for-a-courier/89688 "2015-04-17T06:02:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-the-best-car-for-a-courier/89688/21 "2015-04-18T23:45:54Z")
> The range is over 500 miles for the Jetta and Cruze, and _you can buy one for under $20,000_. Used?? ---
**Author:** ![MarkM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@MarkM](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkM)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-the-best-car-for-a-courier/89688/22 "2015-04-19T01:32:08Z")
A courier needs a hatchback, wagon, van or the like. They need a boxy space that can be easily loaded and allows packages/pouches to be retrieved easily. Long range is nice, but it isn’t absolutely essential that a whole day be driven without a refill. That he is doing 400 miles per day suggests that his route is in the suburbs or outside an urban area. He won’t be stopping every block, so his gas mileage might be better than the EPA city estimate. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-the-best-car-for-a-courier/89688/23 "2015-04-19T03:13:11Z")
The OP needs to return and give a description of their actual courier duties otherwise all that can be offered is speculation and possible wrong advice. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-the-best-car-for-a-courier/89688/24 "2015-04-19T03:35:56Z")
It wasn’t clear if the 2000 miles per week was for the OP’s personal car, or if that’s what he needs for his courier duties. If the courier car itself doesn’t need to go too many miles per day, seems like an all electric would meet the OP’s requirements nicely, especially the frequent starting part. Electric cars can stop and start all day long, no starter motor to worry about. OP’s requirements: -Good fuel economy -Compact/small size -Dependable (especially with frequent starting) ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-the-best-car-for-a-courier/89688/25 "2015-04-19T03:38:59Z")
Sounded like 2000/week on the courier duty, so no EV. As for a diesel, they’re more than 20K$, aren’t they? And in Dallas diesel is about $0.20/gallon more. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-the-best-car-for-a-courier/89688/26 "2015-04-19T04:11:31Z")
I would think a Ford Transit Connect would be a perfect courier vehicle. In my area, all the businesses are using them to deliver parts, within the city, anyways They seem to have partially replaced small pickup trucks for many deliveries It would be good to know if OP is delivering parts, or just mail and/or small parcels ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-the-best-car-for-a-courier/89688/27 "2015-04-19T04:31:57Z")
Give it up George. The top distance for a fully charged Leaf is 84 miles according to Nissan. I did courier work and that just will not work. ---
**Author:** ![MarkM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@MarkM](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkM)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-the-best-car-for-a-courier/89688/28 "2015-04-19T12:03:55Z")
Any courier who was driving 84 miles per day would be making no money unless they work in Manhattan or somewhere. Hundreds of miles per day is not at all unusual. Courier companies have to cover low density areas, too. These are people who work for the contract courier companies that handle a variety of small packets, especially document pouches that travel back and forth between the same offices. When the OP described what he needed his requirements were very familiar. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/whats-the-best-car-for-a-courier/89688.md?page=1)