Citroën’s Ready To Run range has won the first Vans A2Z One-Stop Shop Award.

Citroën’s award-winning Ready to Run range of factory van conversions continued its winning ways earlier today.

This unique ready-bodied specialist programme, the most comprehensive of its type available in the UK, has just won the VansA2Z One-Stop Shop Award.

In making the first VansA2Z One-Stop Shop Award, the judges commended Citroën for the range and quality of the Ready to Run conversions available for its Nemo, Berlingo, Dispatch and Relay models.The Vans A2Z Van of the Year Awards 2013 One-Stop Shop Award-winning Citroën Ready to Run range includes:

• Dropside trucks
• Glass carrying vans
• High-cube, low-loading vans
• Luton vans
• Temperature-controlled (chiller/freezer) vans
• Tippers

Scott Michael, Citroën’s Head of Commercial Vehicles & Business Centre Programme, remarked:

“The Ready to Run programme has been successful in widening Citroën’s LCV customer base, enabling the company to compete in new markets. I am very pleased that the Vans A2Z Van of the Year Awards judges have recognised Ready to Run’s success with the first One-Stop Shop Award.”

As I’ve commented several times in recent years, most manufacturers are now offering ready-built body conversions and the popularity and relevance of these schemes will only increase when the EU type approval rules come into force in April, despite the recently announced common-sense exceptions.