Jeep concepts Jeep Crew Chief 715: a salute to legendary Jeep military service vehicles Jeep Shortcut: inspired by the classic CJ-5 to handle tight, winding trails Jeep Renegade Commander: built to blaze a trail deep into the secluded wilderness Jeep Comanche: designed to be off-road ready with practical utility Jeep FC 150: heritage cab-over design, rich in history and capable of tackling any [...]
Vans unfit for purpose Nearly 50% of all light commercial vehicles fail MoT test first time Operators face jail if an accident revealed failing in duty of care 45% of all MoT faults could be avoided through simple, regular maintenance MoT test failures leads to increase in costly downtime BUSINESS owners risk hefty fines and even jail through the high proportion of [...]
Mercedes Vito 116 BlueTEC Crew Van Long Sport review: What is it? Mercedes’ answer to the Ford Transit Sport Van and the Volkswagen Transporter Highline – the UK-only Vito Sport, which is tested here in ultra-practical Crew Van Long form. What’s hot? It might have been on sale a little while now and with looks being more evolution than revolution, [...]
Permits to Drive All-in-one tool for assessing whether drivers have correct and up-to-date documents New tool builds on existing comprehensive licence checking and compliance platform FTA Tachograph feature to be added to portal following CV Show LICENCE Bureau will relaunch its Compliance Managed Services (CMS) portal with the all-new Permits to Drive feature at the Commercial Vehicle Show on [...]
Ford sales and share increases based on SMMT figures Ford CV sales are close to triple those of its nearest rival Transit Custom and Transit 1st and 2nd in CVs Ford leads all market sectors: total vehicle, cars and CVs Combined Transit range sales rank a clear 2nd in UK total vehicle sales, behind Fiesta SOARING van sales lift Ford [...]
VW's Well Pharmacy fleet order VW Commercial Vehicles awarded three year contract by Well Pharmacy 450-van contract includes mix of Caddy and Transporter models Caddy’s reliability and Volkswagen’s after-sales support key to securing contract VOLKSWAGEN has won a 450-van pharmacy fleet deal with high street chain Well Pharmacy to supply its prescription delivery vehicles. The three-year deal will see the [...]
Nissan Navara NP300 2.3 dCi 190 Tekna Double Cab What’s hot? The latest Navara might be riding on a modified version of the current Navara’s hard-wearing box-frame chassis, but go for the Nissan NP300 in double cab form and you’ll get one of the key benefits of this new pick-up fitted as standard - the multi-link rear suspension. On the [...]
Peugeot's tennis support Peugeot has provided Judy Murray with a Boxer van for her Tennis on the Road programme The launch in Edinburgh was attended by The Duchess of Cambridge The van is part of a strategy by Peugeot to support and promote tennis PEUGEOT UK has provided a Boxer van to Judy Murray’s Tennis on the Road programme to [...]
Transporter T6 fuel statistics Official MPG: 36.7mpg Our Average MPG: 20mpg Our Best MPG: 28.6mpg AS I write, the man from Volkswagen is just days away from picking up the T6, but I’ve still managed to cram in some long trips in the Volkswagen T6 Transporter Kombi T30 Highline 2.0 TDi 140 DSG for our last month together. First was [...]
Alphabet and FTA's Van Excellence scheme Alphabet funds and manages a fleet of over 13,500 LCVs nationwide Recognised partner in the Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) Van Excellence programme Over 40 members of Alphabet’s commercial and account management teams awarded FTA Certificate of Excellence in van operations ALPHABET has become a recognised partner in the Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) Van Excellence programme. [...]
TELEMATICS specialist RS Connect aims for £20m turnover within two years, doubling its current level of trading success. News of the ambitious plan comes with the announcement that the company, recently rebranded from RS Fleet Installations, has won investment backing from Beech Tree Private Equity. Among its recent contract successes, RS Connect won an RAC contract to fit on-board diagnostics devices to vans for Volkswagen Financial Services. Managing director [...]
AUTO Styling Truckman has extended its range of commercial hardtops for the Isuzu D-Max with two new highly-resilient and versatile canopies. The Truckman RS and Utility tops are designed, engineered and manufactured at their factory in the West Midlands. Now available for the Isuzu D-Max Double Cab, the Truckman RS is a fifth-generation hardtop, which appeals to both commercial and [...]
