Side- or Rear-Entry Accessible Van?

I compare a side-entry Honda with an automatic ramp to a rear-entry Toyota with a manual ramp. There are pluses and minuses to each type of accessible van.

The Honda has an automatic locking mechanism for the wheelchair. It works best with a mid-drive chair that can spin on its access. It would be difficult to fit a front-drive wheelchair in the van and have enough room to turn it so it faces the front.

It's a straight shot to get into the back of the Toyota, but there's still little legroom. An automatic locking mechanism is available for rear-entry van, but the particular model in the video has manual wheelchair restraints.

The person in the wheelchair sits closer to the front in a side-entry van, but the rear seats are less comfortable for passengers. The space behind the rear seat is still available for storage. In a rear-entry van, the person in the wheelchair sits further back, and it's difficult to have a conversation with the driver. We lose the storage behind the rear seats, but the middle seats are more comfortable for passengers.

Both vehicles have a low ground clearance. The ground clearance for a side-entry van is low from the front to rear wheels, while the rear-entry van will only have low ground clearance at the very back.

There is a lot of road noise in both vehicles, but the rear-entry van is at least a bit quieter for the driver.