Volkswagen Vans
VIP opening for new Volkswagen Van Centre in Sheffield
An all-new, state-of-the-art Volkswagen Van Centre was officially opened in Sheffield on Tuesday 15 May, by Hans-Heiner Tueting, Head of Sales worldwide at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
New Volkswagen Van Centre opens in Shrewsbury
An all-new, state-of-the-art Volkswagen Van Centre is now open in Shrewsbury.
Volkswagen triumphs at Fleet World Honours
Volkswagen cars and commercial vehicles have scooped a trio of awards at the Fleet World and Van Fleet World Honours ceremony. The Volkswagen Caddy and Crafter vans collected awards as ‘Best Small Van’ and ‘Best Large Van’, while the Golf was named Best Fleet Car. These achievements come hot on the heels of two accolades claimed last month in the Professional Van & Light Truck Awards.
Volkswagen Commercial vehicles scoop double award
The Volkswagen Caddy was awarded the best small van honour and the Crafter won the hard fought best large panel van title at the prestigious Professional Van and Light Truck Awards, held in Birmingham recently.
Record-breaking Quarter for Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Thanks to deliveries across the globe of 110,100 minivans, leisure vehicles, light commercial vehicles, heavy trucks and Volksbuses, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has achieved another sales record in the first quarter of 2007.
Education on wheels thanks to the Volkswagen Transporter
West Sussex County Council is using a converted Volkswagen Transporter as a versatile mobile library for a new educational service for pre-school children. The Early Years Mobile Library – a partnership project between libraries and children’s centres – visits nurseries, play groups, parent and toddler groups, and family centres in villages around the Horsham area.
Volkswagen’s top class service is key to Luminus fleet success
2006 saw Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles achieve record sales for the sixth consecutive year.
Volkswagen: S and SE packs mean extra value for ’07 plate van buyers
The new registration plate marks the launch of two new options packs for Transporter buyers, offering them extra equipment as well as extra value.
Water company finds fleet solutions with Volkswagen Vans
One of the country’s top performing water companies, South Staffordshire Water Plc, has found solutions to its diverse fleet requirements in three models from the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles range. Implementing a programme to increase the size of its fleet and replace ageing Citroën and Astra vans, South Staffordshire Water bought 70 Volkswagens in 2006, a mix of Caddys, Transporters and Crafters.
Volkswagen launches ‘off the shelf’ conversions for van users
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is once again demonstrating its commitment to van buyers by launching a number of ‘off the shelf’ conversions for its Crafter range. Rather than having to purchase a vehicle and then find a converter, buyers can now take delivery of the right van for the job direct from a UK Van Centre, safe in the knowledge that the vehicle and conversion are of the highest quality and covered by a three year bumper-to-bumper warranty.
Sixth consecutive record year of sales for Volkswagen vans
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has started 2007 on a high, reporting record annual sales for a sixth consecutive year. In 2006, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles sold 26,145 units; in fact 2005’s total was passed in the middle of November.
London Hire shifts up a gear with the new Volkswagen Crafter
At this year’s Community Transport Show in Manchester, commercial vehicle self-drive hire operator, London Hire, officially took delivery of one of the UK’s first Volkswagen Crafter coach built minibuses. London Hire’s Account Development Manager, Peter Moxom, received the keys for the new minibus from Stephen Small, Group Fleet Sales Manager for the SMG Volkswagen Van Centre in Croydon.
Volkswagen Crafter claims What Van? Van of the Year Award
Volkswagen’s recently-launched large panel van, the Crafter, has claimed the top award at the prestigious What Van? Van of the Year Awards. The Crafter also won the Large Panel Van award, while the Caddy with DSG gearbox clinched the Technology award.
Volkswagen Crafter hits the road with P&H Snacksdirect
The UK’s largest direct to door provider of snacks, Palmer & Harvey’s Snacksdirect is one of the first businesses in the UK to have bought the new Volkswagen Crafter. Six Volkswagen medium wheelbase Crafter box built vans will be based in Haydock and operate throughout the north west, supplying commercial premises with a wide range of leading brand products.
Volkswagen Atacama Crafter concept revealed
Volkswagen has revealed a striking off-road vehicle based on the recently-launched Crafter van. Named Atacama, after the desert in South America, the four-wheel drive concept is the product of the Design Centre in Wolfsburg, Germany, and could become a limited production vehicle.