Vauxhall Vivaro models such as the one pictured will move to a two year/25,000 mile service interval from March 2013.
Vauxhall has announced that from March, new Combo, Vivaro and Movano vans will move to two year service intervals, doubling the existing one year intervals.
Admittedly, the mileage intervals for servicing won’t increase, meaning that this is a change that will mainly benefit low mileage users such as local tradesmen and small businesses. Here are the new recommendations in full:
- Vauxhall Combo (diesel*) service interval at 21,000 miles, two years, or oil life quality monitor warning, whichever is sooner
- Vauxhall Vivaro service interval at 25,000 miles, two years, or oil life quality monitor warning, whichever is sooner
- Vauxhall Movano service interval at 25,000 miles, two years, or oil life quality monitor warning, whichever is sooner
*Petrol-engined Vauxhall Combos will have to be serviced after 18,000 miles
“Depending on mileage, the savings in service maintenance and repair across a large mixed fleet could be significant,” said Richard Collier, Vauxhall’s National Commercial Vehicle and B2B Sales Manager.
The Luton-built Vivaro remains a very popular choice with ‘retail’ buyers — small business customers who buy from dealers, not through fleet orders — and is the main reason why Vauxhall is the UK’s most popular van make with retail buyers.
Movano ecoFLEX available from March
Vauxhall has also confirmed that a low-emission ecoFLEX version of the Movano large van will be available from March. The Movano ecoFLEX will include fuel-saving Start/Stop technology as standard, and will be available in 100PS and 125PS power outputs and two different wheelbases (L2H2 and L3H2).
The Movano ecoFLEX range promises to achieve a combined fuel economy of 37.2mpg and CO2 emissions of 199g/km, a 5 per cent reduction over the outgoing model. Over the course of 80,000 miles, Movano ecoFLEX operators could save more than £700 per vehicle in fuel costs.
“We are pleased to extend our ecoFLEX range to include a frugal, low CO2 Movano panel van variant,” Collier added.
Vauxhall was the first manufacturer to introduce an eco-model across each van in its range when it launched ecoFLEX commercial vehicles back in 2011.
The Luton-based manufacturer built over 58,000 vans in the UK last year, making it Britain’s number one commercial vehicle manufacturer for an incredible 11th straight year.