Is a crossover and minivan really an equal comparison? Minivans have a fuckton of interior space, crossovers do not. IMO the only replacement for minivans would be full size SUV's. Suburban, durango etc
To me most "crossover" SUV's don't have a 3rd row seat, but maybe i'm wrong there. I always considered anything with a 3rd row full size
They do actually. Our vans have pretty much close in cubic feet numbers as my Suburban. It's just packaged differently.
The vans have floor to ceiling cargo area advantage. The vans have 144.2 cuft and 143.8 cuft of cargo capacity for 2007 and 2015 respectively
The Suburban has cargo area length advantage. I think the Suburban (at least my GMT 400) has about 150 cuft. The newest K2Y's I believe have less due to the rear tray in the cargo area and dependent on seat configuration.
Another advantage to the vans, is the ease of conversion to get that space from seating. Or to go from cargo back to all seats up. The seats all just flip/fold into the floor and vice versa. The Suburban, 2nd row is easy, but the third row seat in mine is the old fashioned, manual "pull the handle to release and then lift it out of the floor recess". Then you gotta drag it out. Not a problem for me, but the Wifey... She can't do it on her own. Getting it back in can be a PITA too, getting it latched back down in those floor retainers...
you must have hit your head! My wife has a 2016 Edge also and its garbage i hate that thing its like driving a dining room chair. Not comfortable at all. Windshield the size of a semi trailer and its fwd bias of course. Its a little more tolerabke with nokian snow tires on here too but geezus i cannot wait until june that things getting punted for a king ranch expedition! 
