Quote: I talked to a Sprinter paramedic unit and they said it took some getting used to because its quite a bit narrower than the boxes they put on the back of trucks.
The Sprinters are popular as ambulances in the UK because they are damned quick, that's why they are also popular with parcel couriers!
The standard ambulance used to be a Ford Transit or LDV with a fibreglass rear (like this) and powered by a Rover V8 (derived from a Buick design).
Several ambulance services have tried a right hand drive Chevy Blazer (part-made in Australia) with a Wheeled Coach box rear (like this, but they found as well as costing a fortune to run the gearboxes used to blow up quite often, especially in hilly areas.
However they liked the box rear because as well as having more room it was stronger and therefore safer in a crash, so quite a few services seem to be buying Sprinters with a separate box rear, eg. London like this
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