Fiat wins two awards

Fiat picked up two awards from i-Van , the online van magazine, with the Scudo winning the Best Compact Van category and the Fiat Fiorino Best Light Van.

Gerry Clarke,director, Fiat Professional said,”It’s always a pleasure to receive an award for one of our vans, so to be able to accept two was a great honour”. The awards were presented at the Commercial Vehicle Operators Show 2010, in Birmingham’s NEC.

The Scudo is powered by a choice of three diesel engines, a 1.6-litre 90bhp, and a 2.0-litre available in 120 or 140bhp. The Fiorino is powered by a 73bhp 1.4-litre petrol or the 75bhp MulitiJet turbodiesel.

John Fife, i-Van editor said,”The Fiorino was chosen due largely to its driveability and ingenious use of space, while the Scudo scored high marks for its storage and excellent load capacity”. Fiat van contract hire pricing is available now on all models.

Fiat vans

Fiat Professional is set to show two new vans, the Doblo Cargo and the Fiorino at the forthcoming Food and Drink Logistics Show 2010, which takes place at the NEC, Birmingham on the 21st to the 24th March.

The Doblo engine line-up of a 1.4-litre 16v 95bhp petrol unit and three MultiJet 16v diesels -1.3 (90bhp), 1.6(105bhp) and 2.0 (135bhp) should appeal to most smaller and food and drink logistics transport companies. Standard equipment across the range includes ABS, height adjustable steering wheel, power steering, electric front windows and central door locking.

The Fiorino line-up consists of a 1.4 73bhp petrol and 1.3 MultiJet turbodiesel and offers safe and economical motoring. Fiat contract hire prices for these vans are available now.

Fiat eco:Drive Fleet

The highly successful Fiat eco:Drive system has now been launched to the fleet market after more than 34,000 private motorists have enjoyed the benefits, with over 4 million journeys now being logged and analysed on the dedicated website.

The Fiat eco:Drive Fleet system analyses mileage and fuel consumption from your company car driver journeys and then provides suggestions on how to improve efficiencies in the future. The data can be sorted in various ways i.e. by individual driver or batches of drivers.

eco:Drive Fleet is free to download from www.fiat.com/ecodrive and is available on all fleet models including 500, 500C, Punto Evo, Bravo, Qubo and new Doblo. The application can also be used on Fiat Professional commercial vehicles (equipped with Blue&Me) such as Grande Punto Van, Fiorino and Doblo Cargo.

Fiat van deal

Fiat Professional has supplied more than 350 Fiat commercial vehicles to Scottish Southern Energy (SSE). The leading power supply provider will take delivery of 273 Fiat Fiorino 1.3 MultiJet SX and 79 Fiat Doblo Cargo 1.3 MultiJet SX vans, on a full maintenance contract hire arrangement over five years.

All the vehicles have a bespoke newly designed racking system and the Fiorinos come with passenger airbag and larger 15-inch alloy wheels, Michelin energy saving tyres, parking sensors and panelled bulkheads. Some of the Fiorinos will also come with Fiat’s Comfort Matic semi-automatic gearbox for use in London. All the vans are painted in solid blue and half wrapped in SSE logos.

Ducato

Fiat has been awarded the “Most Improved Van Manufacturer of the Year” at the Fleet Van awards at the Lancaster Hotel, Hyde Park, London.

Gerry Clarke, director Fiat Professional said,”We are delighted with this recognition, as constant improvement is something we are always striving to achieve”.

The Fiat Professional van range includes Grande Punto Van, Fiorino, Scudo, Ducato and Doblo Cargo.

The new Fiat Fiorino,which launched in May of this year, was crowned overall Van of the Year and top choice in Light Van of the Year, by What Van?  Van of the Year Awards. The Fiat Scudo collected the Small Panel Van of the Year.

Gerry Clarke, Managing Director of Fiat Professional said “this is wonderful news for us, to receive just one accolade in these prestigious awards is good, but to get three, including the main Van of the Year title is fantastic”.

You can compare contract hire quotations on all Fiat commercial models at www.comparecontracthire.com and see prices from all our finance partners including Fiat Auto Contracts.