Van Guard News

The new Renault Maxity is about to go on sale at the beginning of March.

It is going to be available with a choice of two different diesel engines. The choice of engines are a 2.5 litre engine or a 3.0 litre engine. You can also choose from a five or a six gear gearbox depending on the model that you choose.

Thieves recently broke into the back of a parked van and got away with £19,000 worth of tools, including sanding machines and electric sanders.

The crime, which took place over night, went unnoticed by any of the passer-bys of the public car park and the police in Dartford are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.

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.

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Dodge Introduces All-new 2007 Sprinter

“Super-sized” Sprinter is Longer, Wider and Taller; Offers More Space, Choices,
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This is only for the UK, which is kind of a shame. Some of us Autobloggers live in frozen regions where cargo vans fear to tread. Of course, we could pony up for a Quigley, but a Landie offers its stellar air suspension, storied capabilities, and more comfort. For commercial users, vans often make sense, but for those of us who aren’t hauling furniture, the new Land Rover Discovery 3 Commercial sounds like it’d be just the ticket. The Disco, which we know in the US as the LR3, has had some fairy dust sprinkled on it in order to receive tax refunds offered to businesses by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.

Extending bold, tough, in-your-face Dodge Ram heritage to the Class 4 and 5 commercial market, Dodge expands its commercial presence and sets another commercial standard with the launch of the all-new 2008 Dodge Ram 4500 and 5500 Chassis Cabs. Both chassis cabs were revealed today at the Chicago Auto Show.

Van hire group Northgate has teamed up with the car rental arm of budget airline operator EasyJet in an exclusive five-year agreement.

The Darlington-based plc - Europe’s largest commercial van hire group - teamed up with tycoon Stelios Haji-loannou’s EasyCar brand last year in an attempt to break into the consumer end of the van hire market.

Ford’s Commercial Vehicle development team, based at the company’s Dunton Technical Centre in Essex, is celebrating Ford Transit’s status as International Van of the Year 2007 and record sales for the UK in 2006, by creating an unusual one-off limousine – the Transit XXL.

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.

The top performer – and setting its own sales record – was the Transporter, of which 13,817 found homes in the UK.