There are some great deals across the range of VW vans and pick-ups, with reduced service costs too IF you're considering a Volkswagen van for your business, you should check out the new range of deals on offer on VW Caddy, Transporter and Amarok. The offers, available until the end of March, include contract hire and finance leasing [...]
VW has taken the range topping Trendline model and added £8500 in extras to come up with the Amarok Canyon YOU may need to drive a pick-up truck for your business, but it can still be a pretty exclusive pick-up truck. Volkswagen certainly thinks that way, launching a limited edition of just 350 VW Amarok Canyon models. [...]
Expect to see more wild animals on the roads as Sky gets another 1120 VW vans decked out in its bold livery EXPECT TO see more wild animals, Olympic athletes and footballers leaping out from the side of vans as Sky confirms a 1120 vehicle deal with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. The satellite broadcaster will soon be taking delivery [...]
VW has picked up Awards not just for vans, but for the Amarok pick-up, and for its service package THE results have been announced for the 2014 Business Van of the Years Awards run by Business Vans, in association with MAGMA Automotive. And it's Volkswagen which has marched off with the most trophies. The German manufacturer clinched 'Van [...]
The VW Transporter has genuine cachet. It comes from its quality and drivability, both of which contribute to unbeatable residuals - a comfort when you come to part with it TAKING the title of Business Van of the Year 2014 is the Volkswagen Transporter, a commercial vehicle which has become a true legend in its own lifetime. Most [...]
The VW Transporter is a very old campaigner indeed in this category. Utterly dependable and flexible, and with great residuals when you want to move on WHEN it came to judging the Best Large Trades Van category, the judges had an easy time deciding the winner once they knew the Volkswagen Transporter was one of the shortlisted vehicles. [...]
Large loads over high mileages - that's the lot of the heavy panel van, and the VW Crafter excels IN this sector, build quality and reliability are everything – and the Volkswagen Crafter excels in both. These vans can be seen thrashing up and down the motorways of Britain carrying large volumes of cargo undertaking high mileages and [...]
The VW Amarok takes both pick-up awards for its combination of tough, practical working vehicle and comfortable car-like driving qualities THERE are any number of smart double-cab pick-ups on the roads nowadays, many driven by office-based professionals saving themselves a load of benefit-in-kind tax. But other trade users need pick-up trucks for more essential purposes – builders, farmers, [...]
Extended hours, fast emergency repairs and courtesy vehicles are all part of the VW vans service package A VAN off the road can prove disastrous for small businesses, so it's imperative that when something goes wrong, or when a vehicle needs servicing, it's sorted in the shortest possible time. At the end of the day, bad servicing and [...]
The Ford Transit topped the sales charts in the best van market for 5 years. The new Transit Custom found 11,000 buyers on its own EVERYONE wants to buy a new van it seems. While the UK car industry is celebrating an almost 11 per cent rise in registrations in 2013, van dealers did even better. According to [...]
The VW Crafter sits in a highly competitive sector. How does it stack up against the likes of the Transit and Vauxhall's venerable Movano?
Of all the manufacturers, Fiat has seen the biggest rise in sales while Ford stills tops the list THE inexorable rise in van sales continued in November, with sales of vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight rocketing by 19.4%. Figures for the year to date are up 11.7%. Ford stayed at Number 1 slot, as it [...]
The VW Engineered to Go range has been extended with dropsiders and tippers based on the VW Crafter now available off-the-shelf from VW dealers IF you're after a builder's truck with a tipper or dropsides, there are several to choose from, but it's important nowadays with the new EU Type Approval rules in place that you buy them [...]
VW is offering a 30-point winter once-over to get your van ready for the weather. De-icing goody bag is included USUALLY by this time of the year after a nice hot summer, the ice scraper has disappeared under mounds of detritus, the windscreen de-icer has dried up and doesn't work and as for checking the anti-freeze in the [...]
A recent Manheim Volkswagen commercial auction made more than £1.3 million in total sales with a 62-plate VW Amarok selling for 96% of the list price VOLKSWAGEN light commercials are enduringly popular with tradespeople and SMEs and a recent sale at Manheim's Bruntingthorpe auction centre in Leicestershire reflected this. Around 43 franchise dealers paid top prices for a [...]
