TRAVELLING by motorhome is becoming more and more popular with each passing year. If you are only planning one or two holidays each year, then the expense of owning a motorhome will be prohibitive, especially if it will be sat on the drive for months at a time with barely any use. Used or not, it will still need to [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Nissan Navara NP300 2.3 dCi 190 Auto Double Cab: 2016 is going to be the year of the pick up, with the Nissan Navara forming the basis of new contenders to the market - Mercedes and Renault. The term 'car-like' has been used too freely in commercial circles recently, but with its multilink suspension and crossover features the new Navara [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Iveco New Daily Electric 100% electric, zero-emissions vehicle Up to 5.6-tonne gross vehicle weight and up to 19.6m3 cargo volume Extended range of up to 280km with a three-battery configuration. Battery life has been extended by up to 20 per cent Equipped with a 7-inch detachable tablet and an electronic dashboard for vehicle data management Best-in-class navigation technology comes courtesy [...]
IVECO has appointed Nick Pemberton director of the truck side of the business and Ian Lumsden director of the light commercials as the company moves to align its product strategy with its wider European operations with a new Iveco van and truck structure. Lumsden’s new role will see him steering sales and marketing activities for Iveco’s extensive New Daily line-up – winner of the [...]
With 9,200 vans already converted to date in 2015, this has got to be proof that bringing this business in-house was the right idea. THE idea of having your new van exactly the way you want it and ready for work has really caught on. You only have to look at the success of both Hitachi Trade Ready Solutions and [...]
YOU can purchase almost anything online these days, from nappies to wide screen TV’s and the automotive market is certainly following this trend. Whilst years ago the replacement part for a specific make and model was hard to find, with the infiltration of the internet into society, many car owners are trawling the world wide web for car parts, rather than [...]
