Mercedes pushes Citan whole life costs at CV Show debut

By |2015-09-15T16:37:22+01:00April 9th, 2013|CV Show, Van News|

CV Show 2013   Mercedes-Benz CItan: favourable whole-life costs offset higher purchase prices says Mercedes   THE Mercedes Citan has just made its UK show debut at the CV Show with the new small van featuring prominently on the company’s sizeable stand. Around 375 Citans have been sold in the first quarter of 2013. Although the Citan is [...]

Used van values continue to rise in March

By |2013-04-09T08:55:00+01:00April 9th, 2013|Van News|

  March auctions set new records for 'fleet & lease' and part exchange vans STRONG demand for secondhand vans pushed up used van values in March, as traders and small businesses continued to seek out good vehicles. Latest data from BCA Pulse shows average values in March continued this year’s upward trend, with new record values set for [...]

New Courier is the cheeky chappy of Ford Transit range

By |2013-04-09T01:03:46+01:00April 9th, 2013|CV Show, Editor's blog, Industry articles|

Transit Courier: cheeky chappy personality FORD had a bit of a bash to launch the new Ford Transit Courier to the international van press corps prior to the van’s unveiling at the CV Show at Birmingham’s NEC. I had dinner at the event with Paul Wraith, Ford’s design supervisor, and the man responsible for designing the sharp looks [...]

New Ford Transit Courier launched at CV Show

By |2015-09-15T16:37:22+01:00April 9th, 2013|CV Show, Van News|

New Transit Courier: Ford's first entrant in the compact van sector, on sale Q1 2014 FORD gave the new compact Transit Courier van its debut at a special unveiling prior to the CV Show at Birmingham’s NEC (9-11 April). The new Ford Transit Courier is the final piece of the Transit range, which now encompasses the Courier, the [...]

Where can I unload my van?

By |2016-04-26T09:53:34+01:00April 5th, 2013|Van Law|

THIS is potentially the most fraught part of a van driver's day: where can I unload my van? In fact, the rules and regs around unloading your van are fairly liberal. But it's different for loading where there are all sorts of situations where it's prohibited. Some  of the rules are obvious: you can't stop to load (or unload) your [...]

Kwik-Fit will boost its van services at the CV Show

By |2015-09-15T16:37:24+01:00April 5th, 2013|CV Show, Van News|

Kwik-Fit Mobile's van fleet will carry a full range of servicing kit including 3.5 tonnes capacity jacks MINIMISING downtime for your vehicles is vital for trades people and van operators. So to help limit vehicle-off-road time, Kwik-Fit, the parts, repair and replacement specialist group, is to introduce a range of initiatives at next week’s Commercial Vehicle Show. Among [...]

New Toyota Proace gives businesses 10 to choose from

By |2013-04-04T11:35:50+01:00April 4th, 2013|Van News|

  With nine panel vans in two different lengths and heights, plus a six-seater crew cab option, ther's a Proace to suit every business TOYOTA’s new mid-sized Proace van goes on sale on 1 July with a 10-strong model line up. There's a choice of three engines, payloads up to 1200kg and load volumes up to 7cu m. [...]

Peugeot Contract Hire customers get cash saving fuel card

By |2013-04-03T09:05:20+01:00April 3rd, 2013|Van News|

Peugeot Contract Hire customers will be in for fuel-cost some savings if they sign up for a new fuel card PEUGEOT Contract Hire customers are in for some savings if they sign up for a new fuel card PCH has introduced in co-operation with The Fuelcard People. With no minimum expenditure, the card should appeal particularly to PCH’s [...]

Vauxhall launches finance lease package for van buyers

By |2015-11-13T18:43:07+00:00April 3rd, 2013|Finance Lease, Van News|

Vauxhall says that the new lease deals will allow SMEs to choose a payment profile that suits the cash flow of their business VAUXHALL is improving its financial packages for van operators with the launch of Vauxhall Finance Lease today (03 April, 2013). The new Vauxhall Finance Lease product will complement the existing Vauxhall Leasing contract hire and [...]

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