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To aid van users in the quest of acquiring a light commercial, vehicle we've launched vanadviser.com, a website packed with need-to-know info on van buying.
Words: The Van Adviser
In the past buying a van wasn't too difficult a job. There weren't that many vans on the market, so the amount of information available was far from huge. But today, with just about every car manufacturer, as well as numerous truck manufacturers, offering vans from the small car-derived vehicles up to seven-and-a-half tonners, there is a wealth of product available.
lurn With this comes a wealth of often misleading information, and, ultimately, a wealth of opportunities to make a bad purchase. And a bad choice is not just an inconvenience; it can prove to be a significant cost.
For many years — for almost as many years as people have been buying commercial vehicles — Commercial Motor and Motor Transport have been writing about them. From road tests to candid operator views to long-term in-service appraisals, the two titles have in excess of a century of van experience. And it is experience that is now being put to use at variadviser.com, the latest product from the roadtransport.com stable.
Vanadviser.com is a free website that covers every stage in the process of buying a van. From guidance on specification through to bodywork, through to finance options and aftermarket support, vanadviser.com offers clear,
unbiased advice at every step.
Advice on legislation
But vandaviser.com doesn't stop once the money's on the table; running a van demands that complex legal requirements are met, and the website offers ongoing coverage and guidance on the ins and outs of this legislation.
And with environmental issues firmly on the agenda of many companies, there is also plenty of guidance in terms of green best practice and ways to reduce the cost of your operation. Vanadviser.com is — uniquely — a one-stop-shop for the van buyer.
What sort of support can you expect once you've taken delivery of your new vehicle? Time is money and you need to be confident that, if your investment is off the road for any reason, its break from earning its living will be minimised.
Vanadviser.com looks closely at the dealer network and offers pertinent advice on how to assess network support relative to your operation.
The key measure of a dealer network's effectiveness is uptime — how much useful operation operators can expect out of their vehicles