Posted this on my Mastodon already, but it's easier to write it over here, so here we go.

For those what don't know, I'm a gig worker, specifically I do deliveries, more specifically packages, preferably delivery routes.

For my purposes, I'm going to focus only on fuel economy, maintenance is important, but as my current vehicle is almost all dealer item for parts outside of bulbs, plugs and filters, I think anything would be an improvement. Right now I use a 2018 Subaru Crosstrek, which gets about 25MPG, and has about 55 cubic feet of cargo space. That cargo space is sometimes a problem, 75 or so would be better, but square would also help, the Cross has a sloping rear and the sides taper in a bit, so often I can't use all of the space it has. An example is that I didn't make good money yesterday as the whole zone wouldn't fit, so we had to cut out one of the sub-zones, which had a really negative impact on pay.

So, what are the candidates?
Ford Transit Connect, 123 cu ft, and roughly the same fuel economy. Obviously this opens up new gig options for me, but that doesn't really matter to me, I'm too old to be doing pallet loads and other big stuff frankly.

Chevy Bolt, Bolt, not Bolt EUV. About the same cargo space, but no fuel and significantly reduced maintenance, about $200 a month in savings just on fuel, but same cargo limitations.

Runners up are the Scion XB, 65cu ft of cargo space, around the same, maybe slightly better fuel economy. Mazda 5, not sure what the cargo space on that is, almost definitely better than what I have, especially if'n I remove both rows of seats. Mind you, the second row I'm not sure is designed to be removed, but like the others, I could make more room by removing it. Fuel economy I also am not sure about, but likely as good or better than what I'm getting.

So, what do y'all think I should get?
Do you have other suggestions?

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