@AtticusMars: It's not intended to be a sub-d model but rather this is for an assignment so I have a polycount and it has to remain unsmoothed for the assignment. Quick update:
So you have a LOT of polygons going on in here, and I think you're going to be fighting those as you move forward with the detailing. I know you said your assignment is 20k polys, but as it stands, you have a lot of polys that aren't doing anything. They're not adding to the model or enhancing the silhouette much at all.
@AtticusMars: Thanks for your suggestions! I cut down the polycount in the icecream as you were right - it really was too dense! I did also bevel a few of the hard corners around the windows especially to keep the van looking curvy and friendly. I think for the sake of my assignment hand-in it has to be a mixture of…