Could a VW Transporter be a sound business investment post-COVID-19?
The T5 is very much what you want it to be. But does this mean it could help prime your business for success when the COVID-19 pandemic finally subsides?
The T5 is very much what you want it to be. But does this mean it could help prime your business for success when the COVID-19 pandemic finally subsides?
LARGE trades vans are the real workhorses of the UK roads and adaptable for all sorts of business, whether it’s removals, parcel delivery or white goods etc. Like any vehicle for your business, you need to start by looking at what you need the van for and how it is going to be used. The important thing with a large [...]
Despite just 102hp from the 2.0-litre TDI motor, the Transporter’s 250Nm of torque makes light work of shifting away from the traffic lights up to legal urban speeds aided and abetted by a comparatively sylph-like gross weight of just 2,800kgs. Compact it may be, but most business users will be satisfied with a 5,800-litre load volume even in this low [...]
IF you want a panel van that lifts you above the mundane, gives you the edge for your trade, reflects the values of your business, then often there is only one choice: a Volkswagen Transporter. Smart, dependable, neat. Yes all of those, as well as the Business Van of the Year in 2017. After the Ford Transit and Custom, the [...]
THERE can have been few people more pleased by the sight of Volkswagen's Van of the Year Transporter than the 55 cyclists on an annual four-day, 220-mile charity bike ride co-organised by former FT motoring editor John Griffiths. 'St Bernard' Transporter This particular Transporter, a sleek, black, high-spec “Highline” Tdi 150PS short wheelbase version of the 2017 Business [...]
New Transporter Edition models Panel van and kombi Short wheelbase, low roof form only Features include Discover Media Navigation system and reversing camera Available with advanced 2.0 TDI engines with outputs of 150PS and 204PS Panel van from £28,990 (RRP basic ex VAT); kombi from £30,620 THE sixth-generation Volkswagen Transporter rises to a new level with the introduction of an [...]
Petrol Transporters 150 and 204PS petrol engines added to all Volkswagen Transporter versions 204PS version fitted with seven-speed DSG transmission as standard and the choice of front and four-wheel drive Prices from £22,625 ex VAT - £1,000 less than diesel equivalent ARE you covering low mileage with light loads? Well, maybe a petrol van might be more suitable than a [...]
VW Transporter tipper Business Van of the Year 2017 now available with a tipper body or dropside pick-up Developed in association with conversion specialist Ingimex Tip-Up body offers payloads up to 1,000kg LIKE our Business Van of the Year 2017 the Volkswagen Transporter, but want a VW Transporter tipper body chassis cab version? Well worry no more, as this new version of [...]
WHAT do you do if you regularly carry a team of workers around with all their gear? Or you still want the practicality of a van, but regularly have to carry the family? Well, we think what you need is a crew van and here we have some of the best crew vans. Why a crew van? Well it has up to six [...]
Citroen Dispatch 2.0 HDi 120 Enterprise What is it? The Citroen Dispatch is Citroen’s all-new van to take on established rivals such as the Ford Transit Custom and Volkswagen Transporter. Brand new from the ground up, the Citroen and sister vans the Peugeot Expert and Toyota Proace, share the same EMP2 platform and are offered in the same wide variety, including [...]
The Ogilvie Fleet deal for Gilgen 75 service vans and 43 company cars operated on four-year/ 100,000-mile contract hire with maintenance Business anticipates expansion will trigger a 25% increase in the number of vans and a 10-15% rise in company cars Gilgen chose to switch to an all-Volkswagen fleet of Crafter and Transporter models from mixed-badge First 20 VW Transporter [...]
Sportline Transporters Sportline now available on Transporter T32 kombi model Includes leather seats, Discover Media navigation Sporty looks with 18-inch alloy wheels and deeper spoilers Transporter Sportline panel vans and additional kombi models to follow in 2017 VOLKSWAGEN Commercial Vehicles is adding a new Sportline model to its best-selling Transporter range – reintroducing on the Transporter kombi Sportline a name synonymous [...]
WHEN Joseph Valente won the BBC’s The Apprentice show he knew his £250,000 investment from business partner Lord Sugar would lead to growth of his plumbing and heating business, Impra Gas which the Apprentice winner is now expanding with four VW Transporters as plumber's mates. The four new 6th generation Volkswagens have now come on board to support the business, fully fitted out. Impra [...]
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 [...]
Siemens renews VW van fleet 20 Transporter 4MOTION BMT models to be supplied this year Load capacity and four-wheel drive option key to securing deal SIEMENS has again turned to Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles to renew its fleet with 20 new all-wheel drive Transporters. The new contract will see the Transporters join the global engineering and technology services company’s growing wind turbine engineering support team [...]