Renault Van News

A long-time sponsor of the Cannes Film Festival, Renault has now put itself firmly in the Director’s chair with the launch of a short film of its own.

Renault is celebrating double success at the 2009 Fleet World Honours after winning both the Best Medium Van and Safety awards.

The January sales are already in full flow, so Renault are pleased to now let van buyers get in on the act, with the launch of ‘National Van Week’.

Following the success of New Kangoo Van’s UK debut at this year’s CV Show, Renault will be building momentum for the new range among a more specialist audience at the Interbuild 2008 show at the NEC Birmingham.

Renault’s New Kangoo Van range has added a further key selling point to its already extensive weaponry as it prepares to do battle in the hotly contested compact van sector, with confirmation of a 3 year/100,000 mile warranty (first two years unlimited mileage) across the entire range.

The eagerly anticipated New Kangoo Van range will arrive at Dealers in November, with prices ranging from £8,690 to £12,290 (excluding VAT).

As part of its ever-expanding Commercial Passenger Vehicle range, Renault recently showcased three new concepts at the Private Hire and Taxi Exhibition 2008: Trafic Taxi Bus, Shuttle-Master and Trafic Atlas Concept.

Renault is celebrating after scooping the highly-coveted Environment Award in the 2008 Fleet World Honours, thanks to its impressive range of low emission vehicles. Renault’s Trafic van remains the LCV to beat after winning ‘Best Medium Van’ for an outstanding sixth consecutive year.

Even in its final year of production, Renault’s Kangoo Van continues to attract admirers, none more so than Professional Van & Light Truck magazine, which has recently named it Best Light Van at its 2008 Awards.

To cope with its burgeoning van range and to also place the spotlight on the eagerly anticipated New Kangoo Van range, Renault has its largest ever stand at this year’s CV Show from 15 to 17 April, with a 1,000m² display – over a third larger than in 2007.

Renault UK will continue to supply the UK’s largest breakdown service provider, the AA, with a fleet of Renault Trafic vans, which will be used as roadside assistance vehicles. The AA has taken delivery of a further 150 Renault vans, in addition to the 400 supplied in 2006.

Ready to take the challenge to its rivals from the beginning of the year, Renault is launching two new Kangoo Van and Trafic versions to further broaden its already comprehensive range.

With effect from 1st January 2008, Renault’s Trafic and Master ranges will be sold with a 3 year/100,000 mile warranty.

One of the UK’s leading clinical waste management companies Cliniserve, has taken delivery of 27 new Renault Master 120.35 vans, through Renault Trucks distributor, MV Trucks.

Renault is strengthening its number one status in the European LCV segment with the launch of its New Kangoo Van Compact, a new concept in the commercial vehicles sector, designed for urban driving.

Unveiled recently in five-door car form at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show, Renault is now poised to take the covers off of its New Kangoo Van at this week’s European Road Transport Show, held at the Amsterdam RAI.

The new Renault Master is van of choice for Beergas Direct, one of the UK’s largest independent suppliers of drinks dispensing gas solutions. In a move to create unity across the business, all of its new franchise holders will be using the Renault Master 120.35 medium wheelbase chassis, fitted with a bespoke high drop-sider.

Renault enjoyed double success at the Van Fleet World Honours 2007 with its Trafic van proving it’s still the LCV to beat after winning ‘Best Medium Van’ for the fifth consecutive year, and Renault’s new dedicated fleet website – renaultfleet.co.uk – winning the Internet Award only a few months after its launch.

Renault’s New Trafic has only been on sale for a matter of months and already it has collected its second magazine award. Picking up from where it left off at the What Van? 2006 Awards in November, Trafic has just scooped the Standard Panel Van award at the Professional Van and Light Truck Awards 2007, held recently during the CV Show at the NEC, Birmingham.

Following last year’s successful show format, Renault UK will be underlining the depth and breadth of its van and commercial passenger vehicle range at this year’s show with a total of 11 products on display, including three new vehicles making their UK debuts, Kangoo Van ‘Venture’ special edition, Trafic ‘Generation’ and Trafic Chiller Van. The new Renault F1 Team car, R27, will also appear as the ultimate crowd-pleaser for both young and old.

The Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair is one of the leading and most important antiques fairs in the UK. Visitors are connoisseurs of quality and design. So what better way to travel to and from the fair than in the streamlined elegance of a Renault Grand Espace?

Renault has just launched its first biodiesel-compatible vehicles with the unveiling of Trafic 2.0 dCi B30 and Master 2.5 dCi B30 in France.

Renault’s revised Trafic van has only just gone on sale, but it’s already winning awards, not just new customers. This time, it’s taken the highly coveted ‘Best Small Panel Van’ title at the What Van? Awards 2006, for the third time.

The largest single operator of non-emergency patient transport services to the NHS, Global Solutions Limited (GSL) has purchased 60 Renault Master vans for their solus Renault fleet of ambulances, taking the number of Renault vans to over 100.

The deadline for light commercial vehicle Euro 4 compliance is fast approaching, with Renault expecting a marked increase in demand for its Euro 3 vans in the UK in the next few months.

With the launch of several new and revised competitors in recent months, Europe’s number one van brand has revised both of its large vans, Trafic and Master. Among the changes to both products are the refreshed interiors and exterior styling, new optional equipment, plus a new range of Euro 4 engines ranging in power from 90hp to 150hp.

With the launch of several new and revised competitors in recent months, Europe’s number one van brand has revised both of its large vans, Trafic and Master. Among the changes to both products are the refreshed interiors and exterior styling, new standard and optional equipment, plus a new range of Euro 4 engines ranging in power from 90hp to 150hp.

Renault has triumphed in the Fleet World Honours 2006 scoring a hat-trick of awards with Espace winning ‘Best MPV’, the Trafic van is Commercial Fleet World’s ‘Best Medium Van’ for the fourth consecutive year, and for the second year in a row, Renault also scoops the ‘Safety Award’.

Based around the "No. 1 in Europe" theme, Renault is using the show once more to highlight the depth and breadth of its van range, with a total of 11 products on display. In addition to core products of Clio Van, Kangoo Van, and panel van versions of their larger siblings, Trafic and Master, two models from the recently-launched Commercial Passenger Vehicle (CPV) range and three conversions are also on show.

Renault is widely credited as the creator of both the MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) and compact-MPV with its Espace and Scénic models, however, the company has embarked on a whole new dynasty of practical and stylish people-carriers with the launch of a new ‘Commercial Passenger Vehicle’ (CPV) range. The new range, consisting of four new products across the Trafic and Master ranges, carries on from Renault’s five and seven-seater cars, offering seating for between six and 16 occupants, with basic prices (excluding VAT) from £15,963.