Vauxhall Van News

Good performance by the Vauxhall Movano in a front-line accident and emergency ambulance role has led West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust to order a further 64 vehicles.

The Vauxhall Vivaro has once again seen off all competition and claimed the top award for Best Medium Van at the 2009 Van Fleet World Awards.

There was no stopping Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles when it came to meeting an urgent order from leading road and rail infrastructure maintenance company Amey to supply 110 Astravans.

With the Six Nations rugby tournament in full swing, tries and conversions are at the forefront of many people’s minds – so why not take the chance to try a conversion of your own?

Now buyers can add the Maxx factor to Vauxhall’s ever-popular Combo, thanks to a new range of option packs available to order.

It’s not often that you can walk away from one of the biggest purchases in your life with a spring in your step and a cheque in your hand, but from now with Vauxhall that’s exactly what you can do!

Aston Villa Football Club has been making the most of the eight Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles currently in use at their Villa Park stadium and Bodymoor Heath training ground.

With sales of almost 50,000 vans, Vauxhall celebrated yet another year of commercial success in 2008 despite the backdrop of a steeply declining LCV market.

This year’s January sales are expected to offer more bargains than ever before, so much so that savvy shoppers will probably need a van to get all of their buys back home in.

Small vans with low running costs have never been more popular – and according to leading light commercial vehicle magazine What Van?, the Vauxhall Corsavan is the best of the lot.

A company that is at the forefront in energy efficient gas central heating systems is using a number of Vauxhall Combo vans to ensure that the heat is always on for its customers this winter.

As well as parent company GM being Britain’s biggest van producer, Vauxhall has further reason to celebrate after its Commercial Vehicle range claimed the top spot in the LCV market for the first time since records began.

An order for 523 Movano panel vans has been won by Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles following an intensive six-month evaluation exercise involving 58 vehicles and carried out by the UK’s largest dedicated home collection and delivery company.

Production at General Motors Manufacturing Luton plant has reached a significant milestone, with the plant’s 600,000th van rolling off the production line.

81 miles per gallon out of a half laden Vauxhall Combo van? Yes, it IS possible, as Steve Johnson, Director of Communications for driver education specialist DriveTech, proved last week on the UK’s largest fuel economy event, the MPG Marathon.

It may be a challenging market, but Vauxhall has proven that great products speak volumes by increasing its commercial vehicle sales in September by over eight per cent compared to the same month in 2007, along with its highest retail share ever.

Football fans across the country will have the opportunity to vent their views from the comfort of a British-built Vivaro Doublecab during the 2008-09 season, thanks to a tie-in between Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles and talkSPORT radio.

The wide variety of van specifications on offer from Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles, proved particularly appealing to Johnson Controls Global WorkPlace Solutions when recently replacing a fleet of 60 vehicles.

When you’re running a small business, unexpected bills can make a serious dent in your profits. And when your van is essential to your work, the last thing you need is an unexpected service bill eating into your income.

Leading South East building maintenance company Booker & Best has added a further three Vivaros to the 90 Vauxhalls that already make up half of their van fleet.

Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles are delighted to announce outstanding success at the 2008 Van Fleet World Honours which took place on the 13 May at the Royal Automobile Club, London.

The low weight of the Vauxhall Movano chassis combined with an innovative body design has avoided the need for a Hertfordshire firm to fit tachographs on 21 new vehicles.

Two amateur football teams in Liverpool will be travelling in style thanks to Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles and talkSPORT radio, following a nail-biting giveaway at the annual CV Show in Birmingham.

Named best car-derived van at the acclaimed Professional Van and Light Truck Awards, the British-built Astravan, made at GM’s Ellesmere Port plant in Cheshire, added yet more silverware to the Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles trophy cabinet, which has clocked up over 25 industry awards since 2001.

Gentex Corporation, the leading supplier of auto-dimming rearview mirrors to the worldwide automotive industry, has supplied Vauxhall/Opel with its first Rear Camera Display (RCD) Mirror system to help evaluate the potential of this new technology as a driver aid and safety feature for the European light commercial vehicle market.

A new Service and Maintenance Plan has been launched by Vauxhall to provide complete peace of mind for new van owners.

A new survey carried out for Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles has highlighted a disturbing lack of knowledge of the varying speed limits on UK roads when driving a van compared to a car.

Following on from a record sales year in 2007, Vauxhall is looking to further spread the message that it is serious about commercial vehicles with one of the largest stands at this year’s CV Show, which runs from April 15-17 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

A multi-million pound deal between Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles and Burnt Tree Vehicle Solutions will see the rental company take 2,370 new Vauxhalls into its fleet during 2008.

It’s a commercial success for Vauxhall! In the company’s best ever sales year, 52,943 commercial vehicles found new homes in the UK in 2007.

‘Tis the season to be jolly – so if you are one of the thousands of delivery drivers working hard to keep the UK’s 25-million households stocked up with the essentials this Christmas you’re going to need every bit of the huge 13.9 cubic metre load capacity the Vauxhall Movano LWB Maxi Roof offers.

Yet another trophy has been added to Vauxhall’s cabinet after the Corsavan was crowned ‘Small Van of the Year’ by the prestigious magazine, What Van?

Fleet customers and private van drivers who opt for a Corsavan will be able to rack up loads of miles on just the one tank, as the latest addition to Vauxhall’s LCV range proved on the AA/ALD Automotive MPG Marathon.

An innovative new concept mobile bank is about to bring branch services to some customers in isolated communities and rural areas.

For the second year in a row, Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles has carried home the title of ‘LCV Manufacturer of the Year’ in the annual Green Fleet Awards.

Two hot new additions are joining the Vauxhall LCV line-up, bringing new levels of stylish design and driver appeal to the commercial vehicle market.

Production at General Motors’ Manufacturing Luton plant has reached a significant milestone, with the plant’s half-millionth van rolling off the production line.

It’s a good job that Vauxhall’s vans are capable of carrying impressive payloads, as they’ve had to nip off to the DIY store to pick up a bigger trophy cabinet.

Following a similar announcement by Renault last December, Vauxhall introduced B30 biodiesel compatible versions of its equivalent van and chassis-cab models at the NEC show.

It may only have been on sale for a short while, but already New Corsavan has picked up some prized silverware.

Furthering its commitment to offering cost-effective technologies to reduce emissions, Vauxhall is proud to announce the introduction of biodiesel B30 technology to its larger panel vans.

Van drivers wanting to make an express delivery could do worse than hot-foot it over to the Vauxhall stand at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC in Birmingham.

A Hertfordshire-based grounds maintenance contractor has been able to beat a weighty problem caused by heavy grass cutting machinery by switching to a fleet of specially converted Vauxhall Movano chassis cabs.

With great about-town driveability, minimal running costs and a body shape that oozes style and chic, the all-new Corsavan is a vehicle which Vauxhall is rightly proud of.

You’d think that its style, driver appeal and all-round practicality would be enough to tempt buyers and fleet managers alike, but Vauxhall’s New Corsavan is also great value for money.

Vauxhall’s commercial vehicles really are the best of British! That’s the view of top LCV magazine What Van? after it honoured the Luton-built Vivaro and Ellesmere Port-constructed Astravan in its annual Van of the Year awards.

Yet another award has been added to Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles’ bulging trophy cabinet, after the Luton-based manufacturer cleaned up at the recent GreenFleet awards.

It’s a double victory for Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles, with British-built vans taking outright victory and two class wins in the Commercial Fleetworld MPG Marathon.

The Vauxhall Movano has always been the perfect van for seriously big loads, and now it can carry a seriously big crew as well!

Leading social housing provider, Connaught, has awarded a huge 1200-strong light commercial vehicle order to Vauxhall, worth around £18m at showroom prices.

Vauxhall’s longest established van has just got better, with an all-new fifth generation about to go on sale. Designed with the driver in mind, New Astravan is the light commercial vehicle that’s just as good on the road as it is with a load!

Vauxhall’s Vivaro has set a new fuel economy record, thanks to a charity drive by one of the company’s most valued customers.

The Luton-built Vauxhall Vivaro, voted Van of the Year 2006 by Professional Van and Light Truck Magazine, is set to get revised front and rear styling from August, with a new range of power units debuting in autumn.

Production at General Motors’ Manufacturing Luton plant has reached a significant milestone, with the plant’s 400,000th van rolling off the line.

There was one football fan who certainly wasn’t as sick as a parrot at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show.

The British-built Vivaro has been named ‘Van of the Year 2006’ by the nation’s van drivers and fleet managers.

It’s the van that can handle the road as well as the load! Vauxhall has pulled the wraps off its new Astravan – the latest incarnation of the company’s most established van brand.

Sales of Vauxhall vans have broken the 50,000 barrier for the first time.

Vauxhall’s ‘Year of the Conversion’ has been neatly rounded off with a prestigious award win, after the Luton-based manufacturer was named ‘Best One-Stop Shop’ by esteemed magazine What Van?