The Barker Group vans will be leased on a three-year Nissan Business Finance contract hire package. The heavily liveried delivery vehicles will cover the southern counties, including some blue chip clients in London.
The Nissan vans were chosen by Barker Group after a search to find a better value alternative to the Mercedes LCVs that were previously on its fleet, with a presentation led by Westway Fleet Operations securing the deal for Nissan.
Matthew Barker, Barker Group managing director, commented: ‘We’re really excited by the new partnership with Nissan that will allow us to grow our business even further. As well as offering fantastic value for money we’ve received great early feedback from drivers about the performance and versatility of the vehicles.’
Vinshire Plumbing & Heating hopes to run the 11 NV200s on the maintenance fleet for up to five years across the East Midlands. Vehicles driven by maintenance engineers are expected to cover up to 20,000 miles a year, with service engineers covering less than that.
Vinshire placed the orders to meet the demands of the growing business, and cite reliability and driver safety as major reasons behind the NV200’s selection.
Simon Burdell, Vinshire Plumbing & Heating Ltd quality control manager, commented: ‘The NV200s have proved to be a great addition to our fleet and are ideal for the needs of both our maintenance and installation engineers. The feedback has been universally positive so far with the ordering of more vehicles from Nissan a real possibility.’
Barry Beeston, Nissan corporate sales director, added: ‘The NV200, NV400 and Primastar are ideal vans for any business requiring comfortable and reliable transport. It is a testament to the versatility and performance of these vehicles that these established local businesses are putting their trust in Nissan and we are very much looking forward to working with them.’