IT'S British and it's the best at doing the business in the hands of Britain's growing army of successful businesses - the Luton-built Vauxhall Vivaro! On sale for just over a year and the latest Vauxhall Vivaro, top-selling retail van, is now properly crowned as it adds the Business Van of the Year 2016 prize to its rapidly filling trophy cabinet. [...]
ON top of holding on to the Best Pick-Up and Crew Van awards in the 2016 Business Van of the Year Awards run by Business Vans, Volkswagen has also kept the Best Finance & Service Package award. Despite hot competition from rivals such as Citroen and Fiat Professional, Volkswagen’s range of competitively-priced finance products to help small business customers and small [...]
WITH the Best Crew Van award for 2015, it’s almost a case of ‘meet the new boss same as the old boss’ as the Volkswagen Transporter has come top again for another year. But this is not the same Transporter that won last year, no - as Volkswagen decided in mid-2015 to give us the latest T6 version of their [...]
VAUXHALL adds Best Green Van to its other Vivaro awards won in the 2016 Business Van of the Year Awards. But, how did the 1.6 120PS Bi-Turbo version of Vauxhall’s Transit Custom rival manage to topple last year’s zero-emission winner – the all-electric Nissan e-NV200? Vauxhall Vivaro 1.6CDTi 16v BiTurbo 120PS L1H1 Sportive Gross vehicle weight: 2,760kg Payload: 1,092kg Load [...]
THIS year 2016 is going to be the year of the pick-up and the Volkswagen Amarok’s continued reign as Best Pick-Up in the 2016 Business Van Awards, we think, stands it in good stead against the many new models being launched this year. The Amarok came top again simply because the winning 2.0-litre Trendline 180PS 4motion version is perfect for [...]
TAKING over from the 2015 winner, the Citroen Relay, is Vauxhall’s second commercial winner in the 2016 Business Van awards - as the Movano takes the Best Heavy Van award. The familiar Movano won Best Heavy Van because it has key features needed for a van in this class – tough but still reliable and able to cover long distances [...]
ON sale since 2014 and winner of our Best Large Trades Van award for the second year in a row is the Vauxhall Vivaro. The reason why the Vivaro has kept hold of this title in the Business Van Awards is twofold: first, it is car-like to drive which is only good if it can do the practical stuff, which of course it [...]
THE Transit badge has to be the most iconic and recognised in commercial circles, with the Ford celebrating its 50th birthday in 2015. The Custom, our Best Small Trades Van, is the mid-sized Transit and adds this award to an impressive back catalogue dating from its launch in 2013. So why is the Ford Transit Custom our favourite? Well it [...]
THE Transit Courier launched in 2014, completed Ford’s four-pronged attack on the commercial market with the expanded Transit range. Ford’s B-platform integrated style van is designed to take on established rivals such as the Fiat Fiorano, Peugeot Bipper, Citroen Nemo, Mercedes Citan and the Nissan NV200. The Transit Courier’s compact dimensions are perfectly suited to urban environments, where it slides [...]
The awards in detail Best Small Delivery Van From florists and carpenters to specialist wine shops and courier firms – they all need something smart and small for light deliveries. Open to sub-1 tonne vans. Best Small Trades Van Electricians, painters, and decorators need a compact van that’s manoeuvrable in a tight corner but tardis-like inside as well as good on [...]
LEADING commercial vehicle leasing supplier Vanarama is to sponsor the Business Van of the Year Awards 2016. The Awards, now in their fourth year, recognise the best vans and pick ups in the market for the trades, small businesses and small van fleets. Vanarama, known for its catchy TV advertising and sponsorship of football’s National League (formerly the Football Conference) [...]
