Businesses have a duty of care to ensure that they take every precaution to ensure their vehicles are safe HOW safe are your business vans? And do you understand your duty of care to ensure that your business vehicles are safe and fit for purpose? All at-work drivers and business van managers have a responsibility to make sure [...]
Car-derived vans like the Corsavan accounted for 42% of all the vans sold by Manheim in April USED van values have put on spurt, bouncing back to near-record levels, according Manheim. The average value of vans sold at auction in April reached £4735. A slight decrease in average mileage from 80,302 to 80,191, together with a two-month drop [...]
High hopes that in the Transit Courier Ford will have a genuine contender in the urban delivery market THE new Ford Transit Courier van will start at a price appealing £11,050 (ex VAT) and will be available from the second half of June (price list on the next page). Mark Easton, Ford's LCV product manager believes the [...]
If you take advantage of government grants and Nissan's battery leasing scheme you can get an all electric e-NV200 for £13,393 NISSAN has just announced prices and specs for the Nissan e-NV200 range of electric vans which will be available from July. Nissan says that the e-NV200 costs 2 pence per mile to run Prices start from a [...]
Here's the Mk 6 Fiat Ducato, stuffed with kit, feeling much more solidly built, and with a terrific Euro 5 compliant Multijet II engine to whisk you along.
The new Transit bears a heavy load in more ways than one. It's much anticipated but will the new van be good enough to stay on top of the UK sales chart?
The LCV Specifier is intended to take the guesswork out of choosing the right van THE catchily named Light Commercial Vehicle Specifier is a new tool from Arval that does what it says on the digital tin. Designed to be quick and easy to use, if you're in the market for a new van you plug in your [...]
Who wouldn't want a new Vivaro, especially if they give you £500-worth of free diesel to go with it HOW would £500-worth of free fuel improve your transport costs? Silly question, right? Well, that's what's on offer from Vauxhall during its Big Event for new vans from 16 to 19 May. hurry up - it only applies to [...]
Scott Williams (left) with his truck racing mentor Stuart Oliver WALES and Scarlets centre and self-confessed petrol-head Scott Williams has taken to the wheel of a monster 1200 bhp racing truck at the Pembrey racetrack in South Wales. After some expert tuition from ten-time British Truck Racing Champion Stuart Oliver, Scott took to the wheel of the 5.5-tonne [...]
Flooring contractor Alan Bessell won a new Movano and £1500 worth of tools in the Screwfix Win a Van competition SCREWFIX, the leading trade and DIY retailer, has seen the positives of the award-winning Vauxhall Movano by giving one away as a prize in their ‘Win a Van’ competition. The lucky winner is flooring contractor Alan Bessell who [...]
Let's hope they're still smiling after the bike ride A TEAM of paramedics from the East of England Ambulance Service will be donning the lycra and getting on their bikes over the next nine days - with some back up support from a Mercedes Vito Traveliner minibus and long-bodied Mercedes Sprinter van. Raising awareness and cash for the [...]
An RAC study of accident statistics reveals that van drivers are less likely to be involved in an accident than car drivers OFTEN perceived as selfish, aggressive and inconsiderate drivers, there is no doubt the white van man has a bad reputation. But is it deserved – or are we a nation of ‘vanophobes’? Our research clearly paints [...]
Smart new front end and a host of improvements under the skin too FIAT has just introduced the sixth-generation Ducato. The new van, stable-mate to the Peugeot Boxer and Citroen Relay has all-new front-end styling featuring new headlamps, with optional LEDs, and a bold new grille design, available in satin silver or piano black. The new three-part front [...]
Rapid expansion of Morrison's M Local network of convenience stores is enabled by taking on refrigerated delivery vehicles from Refrigerental BURNT Tree Refrigerental vehicles are being used by Morrisons to stock its network of smaller M Local convenience stores. The company is using a variety of refrigerated vehicles from Refrigerental, including car-derived vans, 3.5-tonne panel vans, 7.5-tonne and [...]
Small van with big van attitude - sliding side door, and a maximum load height of over 5 foot VAUXHALL'S other major introduction at the Commercial Vehicle Show – after new Vivaro – was the high-roof, long-wheelbase version of the popular Combo van, which has been launched to meet increasing demand, says the company. The L2H2 Combo provides [...]
