Iveco has signed up to the UK Government’s car and van scrappage scheme, which means customers can scrap a car or van over ten years old and get a £2,000 discount off the price of a new Daily van or chassis cab at 3.5 tonnes.
Read moreArchive for June, 2009
Iveco joins UK Government scrappage scheme
Friday, June 12th, 2009
CITROËN’S GREEN CREDENTIALS REINFORCED IN VAN CO2 DATABASE
Friday, June 12th, 2009Citroën has come out ahead of the competition in the newly published Department for Transport/SMMT Van CO2 database. As one of the first manufacturers in the UK to provide its customers with LCV CO2 figures and one of the most proactive in reducing the carbon footprint of its vehicles, this database shows that Citroën’s [...]
Read moreFast VW Transporter
Friday, June 12th, 2009As a great demonstration of Volkswagen’s legendary durability, a 56-year old Transporter van has just achieved a top speed of 102.84 mph and done the quarter mile sprint at the Santa Pod racetrack in a time of 12.65 seconds.
LDV Management Team final statement by Guy Jones
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009Firstly the management team want to thank our employees, dealers, suppliers, business partners and Liam Byrne MP for their support, enabling us to try to secure a future for this important British business.
Over the past year, the new management team at LDV have restructured the business for profitability, creating an exciting future with the potential to be the first manufacturer able to offer both electric and diesel light commercial vehicles. This is a plan that clearly supports the vision of the British government for the industry.
Read moreManheim reports strong used van market continues in May
Friday, June 5th, 2009Manheim’s latest monthly Van Market Analysis reports that, at £3,125, the average wholesale used van sale price was up 1.8% (£55) in May compared with April. This is the fifth consecutive monthly increase in average wholesale used van prices following the rise of 5.5% in January, 1.8% in February, 3.6% in March and 8.7% in April. Although the underlying trend is for a continuing strengthening of values, when compared with 12 months ago average wholesale used van prices were still down by 5.4% (£177) with average age four months lower at 52 months and average mileage 4,849 miles lower at 66,710.
Read moreCITROËN’S JUNE LCV OFFERS – AWARD WINNING VANS AT RECESSION BEATING PRICES, WITH OR WITHOUT SCRAPPAGE AT VANLOCATOR.CO.UK
Friday, June 5th, 2009Citroën is offering a wide range of fantastic LCV customer offers through participating Citroën dealers in June. Customers with a vehicle which complies with the requirements of the Government’s scrappage scheme can buy a Berlingo First van from just £5,145°. Citroën also has a range of outstanding customer offers for non-scrappage buyers, with a Nemo 610 1.4i 75hp X van available for just £5,945*.
VW COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ANNOUNCES NEW AMAROK PICKUP -Vanlocator.co.uk
Friday, June 5th, 2009The new Volkswagen pickup, showcased as a concept last year and due to be launched in Europe in 2010, is to be called the Amarok.
Update Vanlocator and Trucklocator websites using your existing Dealer Edit
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Truck dealers and van dealers already using dealer edit to update their stock on the internet can now have the details of their stock automatically uploaded to Trucklocator.co.uk and Vanlocator.co.uk for a nominal fee of just £5 per week on top of the standard Trucklocator and Vanlocator charges.
Read moreTransit Vans For sale at Vanlocator.co.uk
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009Thanks to the addition of a number of large dealerships to the vanlocator website there are now more Ford Transit vans for sale than ever. All the models in the Transit panel van range, plus plenty of special-bodied Transit vans, including Transit Tippers and dropsides, Transit Curtainsiders and Transit Luton vans.
Read moreLDV Group in Adminstration (again)
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009With more to-ing and fro-ing than the centre court at Wimbledon LDV Have found themselves once more in administration. Information is sparse at this time, but an official announcement made by the Directors of LDV Group stated, “We have been forced to reapply for administration to protect the assets of the business. This is due to the fact that essential funds required to maintain the business and workforce as a going concern are not being made available.”
