Vauxhall’s British-built Vivaro – which comprises all variants sold in the U.K. and mainland Europe except for the high-roofed version – recently won the award for best medium panel van at the annual Commercial Fleet Awards held in Telford, England. It’s the third time in recent months the popular cargo van has picked up a ‘best’ nod.
Judges described it as “an excellent fleet package,” and added, “Vauxhall took a risk when it completely re-engineered this van, but it has paid off with excellent build quality, a great driving experience, good fuel economy, improved payload and an impressive load length.”
The judges also praised it for its safety technology and solid three-year/100,000-mile warranty.
“Built at our Luton plant, its excellent practicality, efficiency and comfort makes it the perfect choice for commercial vehicle operators,” said Richard Collier, Vauxhall’s National Commercial Vehicle and B2B Sales Manger. “We’re thrilled to see the Vauxhall Vivaro honoured, once again, for being the best in its class.”
The Vivaro also took home the Fleet Van of the Year award at the Motor Transport Awards in early July, and in the same month picked up the “Best Commercial Van” van award, too.
The awards won’t attract much attention from the typical car consumer, but it’s still an outstanding achievement for the company’s business and commercial vehicle (CV) team. Not a bad three months over at Vauxhall, then.
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That’s great.
But, wasn’t the head of Vauxhall just given his walking papers during the Frankfurt Auto Sho — oh, never mind.
GM needs to bring the Vivaro to the U.S. to replace the Nissan and the older vans.
Completely agree. There is no reason a manufacturer in the top 3 worldwide should be buying a full build from another car manufacturer.
GM has the resources around the world to pluck products to fill gaps.
I saw one of these vehicles testing in Oshawa a couple of years ago and thought for sure GM would federalize for sale here.