It has given its name to an entire vehicle class – around the world the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter is synonymous with large vans with a permissible gross vehicle weight of 3.5 t. The Sprinter has always been the leader in its class in terms of innovation, and now it is once more demonstrating this to impressive effect: with five new safety ... Read More »

What the pick-up truck lacks in practical terms, it more than makes up for in the looks department – hence its enduring appeal with installers. Gary Squires climbs into the cab of the Isuzu D-Max Yukon to see if it’s more style or substance. There is something undeniably attractive about driving around between jobs in a beast of a pick-up ... Read More »

With the recent data from the Freight Transport Association (FTA) showing that half of all vans on the roads over 3 years old are unroadworthy*, Europcar, the car hire company in Europe, is urging businesses to consider van hire as a cost-effective, flexible, and most importantly, safe alternative to running a fleet of older vans. The FTA study found that ... Read More »

The global trend towards increasingly larger cities with 10, 15 or 20 million residents is associated with growing demands for transport solutions – more and more products and goods will need to be delivered to cities and transported away from them. At the same time, legal authorities are demanding significant reductions in greenhouse gases and emissions as well as compliance ... Read More »

The new Toyota Proace will expand Toyota’s presence in European LCV markets, a medium-sized van that will feature bespoke Toyota design details and branding. On sale from 1 July, prices from £22,300 on the road, or £18,629.17 excluding VAT. It will be available in two lengths and heights, giving load capacities of 5m3. 6m3 or 7m3, according to the configuration ... Read More »

Fiat Professional’s award-winning range has just scooped two more important accolades with its versatile Fiorino being named Best City Van and the recently introduced Doblò Work Up winning the Best Small Pick-Up award in the 2013 Trade Van Driver (TVD) Awards. Both models beat off strong competition in securing victory in the awards, which are judged not only by an ... Read More »

The all-new Ford Transit Custom was named “International Van of the Year 2013” – to become the fourth member of the Transit family to win the highly prized award – at the Hanover IAA Commercial Vehicle Show. The Transit Custom garnered 117 out of a possible 133 points, from the jury of 24 specialist journalists, the highest ever share of ... Read More »

Volkswagen’s Transporter van has won plaudits and awards in various guises over the years, so it seemed about time it got the Installer Test Drive treatment. Gary Squires excitedly put his name forward as the man to claim the keys. The Volkswagen Transporter is one of those vans whose reputation precedes it, and I was looking forward to finding out ... Read More »

When Installer’s wheel man Gary Squires first starting working in the heating industry, he was given a Fiat Fiorino as his company van. Now, 25 years later, he climbs back into the cab of a Fiorino to see if it still feels like an old friend. Over 25 years ago I had a Fiat Fiorino as a company van, and ... Read More »

The performance of a giant and the thirst of a sparrow – the new Mercedes Benz Citan is the efficient urban delivery van. The new Citan combines minimal CO2 emissions with great driving pleasure as well as great performance and low maintenance costs like no other city van. The standard consumption of the Citan BlueEFFICIENCY is 65.7 mpg – no ... Read More »