The project aims at understanding the various roles that vehicles play in the context of both passenger and goods transportation, either on independent purpose-built platforms or hybrid derivatives such as multi-utility vehicles, which have been in existence for over twenty years now. The emergence of a need for a vehicle platform that allows either partial or total convertibility from passenger mode to cargo mode has been the driving objective. To bring about a holistic vehicle platform that merges these disparate needs and vehicle characteristics will be the challenge and goal of the project.