The Amarok Power-Pickup's sporty styling features wide wheelarches to accommodate 22-inch alloy wheels, and suspension lowered by 80mm IMAGINE rocking up to your next job in one of these! It’s the VW Amarok Power-Pickup and is a new concept from Volkswagen based on the Amarok single-cab model. The stylish interior with dashboard, door trim and Nubuck [...]
Citroen Relay 30 L1H1 HDi 130 and 35 L3H2 HDi 130 Stop & Start six-speed vans are now available SAVINGS in fuel consumption and lower emissions are promised with the new Citroen Relay Stop & Start vans. The technology is being offered on the Relay 30 L1H1 e-HDi 130 and Relay 35 L3H2 e-HDi 130 six-speed manual [...]
Collision Prevention Assist – designed to help prevent rear-end collisions – alerts the driver when the distance from the vehicle ahead is too small and, if things get worse, when there is an acute danger of collision THE New Sprinter from Mercedes-Benz is packed with technology designed to make the company’s flagship van safer than ever. Already promising [...]
Exclusive off-roader: only 65 Defender LXV models will be produced THE Land Rover Defender LXV is a special-edition to celebrate the company's 65'th anniversary. Only 65 will be built. The Defender LXV exclusive badging and union flag The LXV (Roman numerals for 65) is based on the standard Land Rover Defender Hard Top, and has a [...]
New Transit Custom is helping boost Ford's dominance of the CV sector THE Transit continues to be Britain’s favourite van, according to latest SMMT sales figures. In fact, Ford’s enduring flagship LCV was the UK’s sixth best-selling vehicle of any kind in April! In the Ford range it was only outsold by the Fiesta and Focus. And the [...]
The Ape Cross Racing delighted the crowd at Brookland's recent Italian Day EVER considered a whacky run-around for your business? Well, they don’t come much whackier than the Piaggio Ape – the quirky Italian three-wheeled pick-up. And now Piaggio’s newest dealer, Surrey-based Mach-V, has launched a sporty version called Ape Cross Racing, which it introduced at the recent [...]
Demand for vans continued to grow throughout April and pick-ups also did well THE tough economic conditions haven’t daunted SMEs and trades people when it comes to new vehicles. You continued to buy vans through April, maintaining the upward sales trend the new sub-3.5 tonne LCV market has enjoyed since the start of the year. [contentblock id=6 img=gcb.png] [...]
Perhaps you’ve just started a business, or your business has grown to the stage where you need a van, or you’re just replacing a van. Whatever your situation, the decision will be an expensive one, and it deserves some thought.
On average, there are 2170 insurance claims involving commercial vehicles every single day. They aren’t all crash related. Thieves target vans and their contents – roughly 210,000 times each per year. So how can you keep your van and its cargo safe?
Whether you're cash rich, or the business is strapped for cash, just what is the most efficient way to fund your much-needed new van? The good news is that there are at least five different options, so read on to find the one that’s most suitable for your business.
New Sprinter's advanced technology helps keep running cost down MERCEDES-Benz’s new Sprinter looks set to keep running costs down with best-in-class fuel consumption as low as 44.5mpg and drastically reduced service intervals. The new Sprinter is powered by four- and six-cylinder Euro VI compliant engines with outputs from 95hp to 190hp. The engines’ performance has not been [...]
Vans are being driven harder on less maintenance. The FTA reckons there are 1 million unroadworthy vans on the road every day HALF of all 3.5-tonne vans on UK roads more than three years old are unroadworthy, according to a recent survey by the Freight Transport Association (FTA). The FTA study found the failure rate for the vans [...]
BAD weather is bad news for your business. Sunshine tends to shorten our memories, but remember the snowstorms that engulfed Britain just weeks ago? If you can’t get to your customers or make deliveries, your business will suffer. A simple, dash-mounted rotary dial selects the Grip Control mode ATV – the abbreviation for All-Terrain Vehicle – usually brings [...]
Fast and comfortable for long trips with high volume payloads.
From left: Northgate's Tamara Nikitin, Andrea Cowburn and Paul Rodney celebrate the opening of the company's new Huddersfield hire depot IF you’re within striking distance of Huddersfield and need to rent a business van, good news. Northgate Vehicle Hire has set up a new van hire depot and opening deals are on offer to local businesses with [...]
