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2018 Van Awards
The industry’s best suppliers and manufacturers have been named at the prestigious 2018 Van Awards event, which took place today.
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Judging comment: “Whether it’s one or hundreds, running a van is a very different proposition to a passenger car. A van is a working tool, designed to fulfil a function. Not only has this year’s winner developed an award-winning range of product that spans the requirements of the majority of operators, it has also put […]
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Judging comment: “With a significant increase in rental days over the last few years, Ogilvie Fleet launched Ogilvie Rental in 2017, accompanied by a dedicated website. The site provides access to more than 120,000 commercial vehicles at more than 2,000 locations, with vehicles available within a two-hour time frame if required. The Ogilvie Rental team […]
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Judging comment: “Small vans are designed from the outset to be light commercials completely at home in the urban environment. They are easy to drive and manoeuvre, and very fuel efficient. Currently there are just the two competitors in this sector; the Fiat Fiorino and Ford Transit Courier. A revised version is due to be […]
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Judging comment: “We have yet to drive the third generation Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, so can’t judge it in this year’s awards. However, we have had an in-depth look at the technology both inside and surrounding this important new van. Mercedes-Benz really is taking a new approach to Sprinter, offering customers a massive range of solutions, to […]
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Judging comment: “Specifying standard vans can be hard enough, but overseeing complex conversions, involving several parties, requires a far higher level of transparency and a joined-up approach. Alphabet has created a commercial vehicle build and conversion tool based on Smartsheet, that provides vehicle arrival dates from OEM to converter, build start and completion dates and […]
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Judging comment: “Large Panel Vans are the fuel-efficient, high payload, large capacity load-shifters that tend to dominate the outside lane of the motorway. Deciding on the winner of this category for 2018 has not been easy, the standard of every model in the market being so high, but it goes to a range of vans […]
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Judging comment: “For many temperature-controlled van users, payload is king. CoolKit carried out an evaluation of different body structures within the food delivery market and found new methods of construction, with new materials that have saved up to 150kg of load capacity. CoolKit has used honeycomb section, with high density blown PET and sheet-textured GRP […]