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Tattooist Tim inks up the miles in his Sprinter Skin Shack

By |2015-11-23T14:53:29+00:00November 23rd, 2015|Van News|

Tim's Sprinter Skin Shack 13-year-old extra-long Sprinter 311 CDI had covered 250,000 miles Spent 70 hours on conversion which includes: Hot and cold running water Plastic panelling Fitted cupboards and worktops Lighting and electrical services TATTOOIST Tim Bailey is building a fast-growing reputation for his creative body art after converting a second-hand Mercedes-Benz van into a mobile studio. It may [...]

Hot licks for the future of cool ice cream vans

By |2015-11-20T13:49:59+00:00November 20th, 2015|Van News|

What’s a Harvester Metro van? One of the earliest, mass-produced delivery trucks from the U.S. Produced from 1938 to 1975 Available in ½, ¾, or 1-tonne versions A VAN should be a reflection of your business and PJ Burchett’s modded Harvester Metro van is certainly that. If the graphics and that huge cone on the roof don’t grab your attention, the [...]

Transporter is International Van of the Year 2016

By |2015-11-19T13:29:46+00:00November 19th, 2015|Van News|

THE sixth-generation Volkswagen Transporter has won the accolade International Van of the Year 2016 - the third time that the Transporter has won this coveted annual prize. The Transporter, accounting for nearly a third of Volkswagen's UK commercial vehicle sales, has only recently gone on sale in T6 van mode, with T6 Caravelle and California versions only now starting production. Selected by an [...]

Double tops for Transits in ACFO awards

By |2015-11-19T11:53:42+00:00November 19th, 2015|Van News|

FORD has maintained its ACFO awards commercial vehicle categories domination with the blue oval's ubiquitous Ford Transit winning the Large Van of the Year title - over Mercedes-Benz Sprinter - for the fifth consecutive year and the 19th time in the history of the awards. Making it a double tops for Transits was the Ford Transit Connect, which returned to [...]

Scottish foodbank’s fed a free van

By |2015-11-18T13:42:43+00:00November 18th, 2015|Van News|

A SCOTTISH foodbank has been fed a free van with no 'best by' date to worry about! Fleet Alliance has given the van for two years free to the Glasgow North East Foodbank for transporting food to the poor and needy in the local community. The Glasgow NE Foodbank is  a registered charity in its own right, operating under the umbrella of the Trussell Trust [...]

Mercedes version of Navara ‘will be more upmarket’

By |2015-11-18T13:23:25+00:00November 18th, 2015|Van News|

THERE won't be a lot of difference between the new Nissan Navara NP300 and forthcoming Navara-based production version of the Renault Alaskan while the Mercedes version of Navara will be "more upmarket" was the biggest hint Business Vans got from director of Nissan LCV Ponz Pandikuthira at his double cab's launch in Majorca. Ponz refused to be directly quoted, but was keen to point [...]

New models gap takes shine off 12% VW sales rise

By |2015-11-17T13:02:01+00:00November 17th, 2015|Van News|

  VW commercials timeline Caddy and Transporter T6 launched September Caddy production delayed by switch from EU5 to EU6 engines Generally eight-week delivery process Transporter T6 fully on stream mid October Caddy with EU6 on stream mid November T6 California & Caravelle onstream late November/December VOLKSWAGEN Commercial Vehicles UK sales took a 22% fall in October in the lull pending new models of [...]

Andrew’s the man putting van into MAN expansion

By |2015-11-17T10:18:36+00:00November 17th, 2015|Van News|

MAN's van plan Andrew Taylor heads up MAN van project MAN TGE 3.5t van twin of VW Crafter to be built in Poland TGE launch at 2016 IAA Commercial Vehicle Show TGE range on sale 2017 MEET Andrew Taylor, who's the man tasked with heading up the project putting van into MAN as the truck and bus specialist expands into [...]

New Vito Sport Van and Crew Van priced to cut a dash

By |2015-11-16T15:46:27+00:00November 16th, 2015|Van News|

New Vito Sport Compact and Long bodies Van and Crew Van with extra seats 163hp and 190hp engines Prices from £25,495 (ex VAT) for 116 Compact Van to £29,990 for 119 Long Crew Van THE ever-popular, UK-specific Vito Sport model is now available to order in its New Vito guise, priced from around £25,500. Priced from £25,495 (excl VAT) for [...]

Leasewell banks on Radio X to maXimise ‘We Got Any Van’ launch X-posure

By |2015-11-13T13:42:03+00:00November 13th, 2015|Van News|

Radio X and We Got Any Van We Got Any Van advertising campaigns on Radio X in November and January Radio X has 1,049,000 listeners every week across UK 65% of listeners are ABC1 Radio X broadcasts on DAB, FM in London (104.9FM) and Manchester (97.7FM), on Sky, Freesat, Virgin Media, online and on mobiles LEASEWELL banks on Radio X for [...]

New Nissan NP300 Navara aims for the top

By |2015-11-12T16:51:47+00:00November 12th, 2015|Van News|

New Navara highlights: All-new NP300 Navara priced from £18,376 plus VAT Five trim grades: Visia, Acenta, Acenta+, N-Connecta and Tekna Crossover-style comfort at a competitive price Class-leading safety technology across the range In showrooms January 2016 NISSAN has announced details of the all-new Nissan NP300 Navara, on sale from January priced from £18,376. The rugged, dependable and capable workhorse with crossover-style comfort [...]

Business Van awards sponsor Vanarama wins SME Business of Year title in national honours

By |2015-11-12T16:52:59+00:00November 12th, 2015|Van News|

VANARAMA, the UK’s largest independent van leasing broker and sponsors of Business Vans'  Van of the Year Awards, has been crowned SME Business of the Year at the National Business Awards backed by the government and presented by Lloyds Bank. The company, founded by Andy Alderson in 2007, has enjoyed a record year, with sales growing by 56% and profitability up by [...]

We Got Any Van primed for launch

By |2015-11-12T11:38:11+00:00November 12th, 2015|Van News|

FINDING the perfect light commercial vehicle for your business can be time-consuming, which is why Leasewell reckons it will be on a winner with next week's launch of We Got Any Van. A national radio and website advertising campaign will point out that as a division of the UK’s leading van, truck and special-purpose vehicle broker, "We provide direct access to the [...]

Loads of comfort for new Nissan Navara NP300 pickup

By |2015-11-10T14:30:49+00:00November 10th, 2015|Van News|

New Nissan Navara NP300 On sale UK early 2016 All-new NP300 Navara to be market’s most comfortable pick-up First-in-class multi-link suspension offers crossover-style ride and refinement New system represents a technological leap for the pick-up segment Independent rear suspension helps boost best-in-class economy and emissions THE all-new Nissan NP300 Navara will become arguably the world’s most comfortable standard mass production pick-up truck [...]

Four-wheel drive Fiat Fullback pitched into double cab pickup field

By |2015-11-10T11:02:24+00:00November 10th, 2015|Van News|

Fiat Fullback: the low down New Fiat Professional pick-up truck to be named Fullback Practical double-cab body style with competitive 1,045kg payload Powered by a 2.4-litre turbo-diesel engine with 150hp or 180hp Four-wheel drive standard, with manual or automatic transmission Pricing and final specifications to be detailed closer to UK launch  Available in the UK in autumn 2016 FIAT Professional has unveiled the [...]

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