A friend bought a Ford Transit last year, an incredible amount of room inside compared to older US style vans, and the 0-60 is under 7 seconds!
MPG is better than regular old school domestic vans.
Did I mention that you can stand up in it?
There is also a turbo Diesel version.
Not cheap but I think you get what you pay for.
May 2017
https://www.caranddriver.com/ford/transit
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However, just putting it in drive and tramping on the throttle produces surprising results. Going from naught to 60 mph in 7.6 seconds with something this size—it weighs more than three tons, empty—is quite startling. (It was a bit more startling in the seriously empty cargo version we tested, which weighs 849 pounds less and hit 60 mph in 6.8 seconds.)
These track figures are achieved with only a driver aboard, of course, and we know the base 3.7-liter V-6 (275 horsepower, 260 lb-ft of torque) wouldn’t fare so well. But this van, like that cargo version, was equipped with the optional 3.5-liter EcoBoost mill, a turbocharged gasoline-fueled V-6 that huffs up more torque (400 lb-ft) than even the third available engine, a turbo-diesel 3.2-liter inline-five making 185 horsepower and 350 lb-ft that proved to be the segment’s diesel acceleration king in a three-van comparison test.
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2015
Comparison Tests (Diesel)
Final Scoring, Performance Data, and Complete Specs
https://www.caranddriver.com/comparisons/2015-ford-transit-150-power-stroke-vs-2015-mercedes-benz-sprinter-2500-bluetec-2014-ram-promaster-1500-ecodiesel-final-scoring-performance-data-and-complete-specs-page-5
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Engine turbocharged DOHC 20-valve diesel inline-5 .........195 cu in (3198 cc)
0–60 MPH 10.6 sec
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