Glasgow sold on Fiat Doblo payload and manoeuvrability

By |2013-06-06T16:08:24+01:00June 6th, 2013|Van News|

  The Doblo Work Ups will be used by Glasgow City Council for a wide range of tasks around the city GLASGOW City Council has signed up 31 new Fiat Doblo Work Ups for a broad range of duties in the city’s parks, for homecare, cleaning, and roads and winter maintenance. The Work Ups join Glasgow’s existing fleet [...]

Northern Ireland City of Culture picks Great Wall Steed for official transport

By |2013-05-29T21:14:12+01:00May 29th, 2013|Van News|

  Great Wall has supplied two co-branded Steed SE pick-ups for the Derry~Londonderry City of Culture celebrations THE historic town of Derry~Londonderry in Northern Ireland – UK City of Culture 2013 – has picked the Chinese-built Great Wall Steed pick-up as official partner vehicle for the celebrations. Two Steed SEs will provide essential transport for artists and equipment, [...]

Toyota Hilux on duty at London City Airport

By |2013-05-21T09:43:18+01:00May 21st, 2013|Van News|

On duty: the pick-ups carry out a range of tasks essential to the airport’s airside operations RELIABILITY and versatility are the key requirements for the pick-ups used to keep London's City Airport running smoothly. So the airport has just acquired three new Toyota Hiluxes – two HL2 models and an Invincible – as replacements for the three Hilux [...]

Truckman tops help Scottish Water get its gear to hard-to-reach places

By |2013-03-19T15:55:47+00:00March 19th, 2013|Van Conversions, Van News|

Side hatches and the solid rear door allow access to the custom converted load area HOW do you get engineers, tools and equipment to remote locations and into areas with no roads? That’s the problem faced by many utility companies and one to which Scottish Water has found a solution. The water company runs a fleet of Toyota [...]

Toyota Hilux gets to grips in ice road truck rescue

By |2013-03-13T20:17:00+00:00March 13th, 2013|Van News|

Gripping stuff: the Hilux hauls the heavy artic out of trouble THE tough-guy reputation enjoyed by Toyota’s Hilux is richly deserved. The 4x4 pick-up went to work helping haul stranded vehicles in East Sussex during the recent blast of ice and snowy weather that wreaked havoc in the area. The Hilux hitched up to a Sainsbury’s heavy goods [...]

Two new special editions for Britain’s cheapest 4×4 pick-up

By |2013-03-05T10:15:29+00:00March 5th, 2013|Van News|

Practical additions are offered with the Steed ‘Tracker’ model THE cheapest double-cab 4×4 pick-up on the market – the Great Wall Steed – is now being offered in two special edition models designed to enhance body styling or improve practicality. The Steed base model, priced at just under £14,000, is well equipped and a pretty good-looking workhorse, too. [...]

Cover up your pick-up with a Truckman Extang tonneau

By |2013-02-22T09:04:24+00:00February 22nd, 2013|Van News|

Lockable hard folding tonneau fitted  to a Nissan Navara WANT to keep your pick-up loadbed safe from prying eyes without going to the expense of a full hardtop? Then a Truckman Extang tonneau cover might be the answer. The pick-up and 4x4 accessory manufacturer and distributor has just introduced the Extang – America’s top-selling pick-up cover – to [...]

Pick-up a Mitsubishi L200 Trojan with £2,000 off

By |2013-02-04T14:22:50+00:00February 4th, 2013|Van News|

There's a great deal to be had on Mitsubishi's comfortable and well-equipped double-cab L200 Trojan pick-up IF a double-cab pick-up suits your business, there’s a special deal on Mitsubishi’s L200 Trojan, with dealerships currently offering £2,000 off the price tag. The well-appointed 4x4 workhorse now starts at £15,999. The L200 Trojan has serious credentials as a working vehicle, [...]

Welsh farmer’s winning ways bag a prize Isuzu D-Max pick-up

By |2013-01-22T20:38:16+00:00January 22nd, 2013|Van News|

Dilwyn Owen's new pick-up is equipped with a high level of standard features, including leather steering wheel with cruise control, keyless entry and air conditioning AN Anglesey farmer has won an Isuzu D-Max Yukon pick-up in a competition run by the Welsh language farming reality show, Fferm Ffactor. Dilwyn Owen won the £22,399 D-Max Yukon which pitched 10 [...]

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