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Ford customers give Transit servicing top marks

Ford has increased its customer satisfaction by 30 per cent and scored an industry high thanks to a new customer service programme initiated by its dedicated commercial vehicle network.

It’s one for the load – and one for the road!

It’s one for the load – and one for the road!

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.

Keep cool – it’s Citroen’s half price air conditioning offer!

Citroen has a launched a special HALF-PRICE air conditioning offer to mark the van business’s big event of the year, the 2006 Commercial Vehicle Show (Birmingham NEC, April 25 – 27). Berlingo Enterprise, Dispatch Enterprise and Relay 1100 Enterprise panel vans ordered by April 30 and registered by May 31 2006 are eligible for the HALF-PRICE air conditioning offer, in addition to any other applicable customer offer.

New, high specification Ready to Run Citroen Relay car transporter

New, high specification Ready to Run Citroen Relay car transporter

A new, high specification, beavertail car transporter joins the Citroen Ready to Run range with the launch of the new KFS converted Relay car transporter. This all-new, two axle 3.5 tonne gvw car transporter offers significant operational benefits, including payloads approaching 1700kg and 4.77m deck length.

New Buckstone Luton van joins the Citroen ready to run range

New Buckstone Luton van joins the Citroen ready to run range

Citroen’s unique and expanding Ready to Run range of competitively priced and award winning ready-bodied vehicles now includes an exceptionally well-specified Relay-based Luton van. Built by Buckstone Motor Bodies Ltd, the Relay Ready to Run Luton van features an exceptional range of standard equipment, including an audible/visual rear parking sensor system, Eurodoor, colour impregnated, wide slat shutter, anodised aluminium exterior framework, full width rear step/under-run bumper and five rows of tie rails.

Citroen, "Ready, Willing & Able" at the C.V. show

Citroen, "Ready, Willing & Able" at the C.V. show

"Ready, Willing and Able" is Citroen’s theme for its stand (no.4421 in Hall 4) at the Commercial Vehicle Show (Birmingham NEC, April 25 – 27), highlighting the fact that its comprehensive range of competitively priced commercials are ready, willing and able to meet the rigorous demands of today’s hard-working business and professional van operators.

New Ford Transit breaks cover 'live' at NEC

The new Ford commercial vehicle range will be unveiled at 09.00 on the Ford CV Show stand. The new Transit, Transit Connect and the Ford Ranger will all be revealed for the first time to the European media and the UK public.

Lost? Not with Citroen’s new CV offers!

Getting lost will be a thing of the past for owners of selected new Berlingo, Dispatch and Relay vans. Thanks to a great new offer from Citroen these vehicles are now available with a free colour, touch-screen StreetPilot satellite navigation system worth £410.

Renault launches new ‘Commercial Passenger Vehicle’ range

Renault launches new ‘Commercial Passenger Vehicle’ range

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.

Competitive testing puts Citroen first with Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough council

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council has now purchased it first Citroens - 35 Dispatch and Relay vans - to replace the majority of its light commercials. The new Citroens, which not only meet the Borough Council’s operational and financial parameters but are also the preferred choice of its staff, have been bought after an extensive comparative testing programme involving a number of different manufacturers.

Ford Transits help to open new dream doors

Ford Transits help to open new dream doors

In the space of only three years, kitchen refurbishment company Dream Doors has expanded from its Gosport base into a nationwide operation, with a network of 50 franchisees carrying out makeovers on households all over the UK.

Peugeot achieves record LCV sales in 2005

Peugeot achieves record LCV sales in 2005

Unlike the commercial vehicle market which declined 1.6% compared to 2004, Peugeot achieved a growth in its commercial vehicle sales of 8.5%, and for the first time sold more than 17,000 light commercial vehicles in a single year.

Ford Connects with Dyson's technical aces

Ford Connects with Dyson's technical aces

Household appliance manufacturer Dyson has chosen the Transit Connect for its UK service engineer team.

New Ford Transit: britain's best van gets better

New Ford Transit: britain's best van gets better

The most successful commercial vehicle in Britain – the Ford Transit – enters a new era in its long and successful life, with extensive improvements to keep it ahead of the pack.

First Daily Agiles take to the streets of London

First Daily Agiles take to the streets of London

Catering butcher Fairfax Meadow has taken delivery of 10 Iveco Daily AGile chassis cabs on full service contract hire from Fraikin. They represent the first examples of Iveco’s popular light commercial vehicle range to enter operation in the UK with the new factory-fitted six-speed automatic transmission.