I once needed to haul a bunch of tile and my dad was out of town with his truck that I normally borrowed at the time. My grandmother offered the use of her minivan and I balked that there was no way it could handle the weight. We looked it up and it had something like over 1500 pounds of capacity which impressed me and I used it to get my tile. It was also quite comfortable for road trips. As you say though, they are not cool and so people will find reasons to dismiss them.
