The recent What Van? Awards provided an opportunity for the best light commercial vehicles available in the UK to be recognised and celebrated.

So who came out on top? Here are some of the highlights.

Overall ‘Van of the Year’ award went to the all-new, big-but-small, Citroen Nemo/Fiat Fiorino/Citroen Bipper. Made by the PSA conglomerate, these are all the same van, just badged differently.

Citroen Nemo van

Category winners included Ford, who gained the Security award in both the Light Van (Ford Transit Connect) and Panel Van (Ford Transit) categories.

Iveco was given the Large Van award for the new Daily van – pipping Mercedes’ Sprinter to the post in what must have been a close competition.

Vauxhall won the coveted small van award with the Corsavan, the latest in a long line of popular car-derived vans from Vauxhall, who seem to have the knack of turning a small or medium sized car into a thoroughly enjoyable (to drive) van:

Vauxhall Corsavan (© GM Corp.)

Finally, the rapidly growing market for buying chassis vans with bodies – as opposed to sourcing the body seperately – is worth a mention.

Citroen won the ‘One Stop Shop’ award with its ‘Ready To Run’ range, some of which are pictured below:

Citroen Relay Ready to Run models

Ford were the runners-up in this category, as they were also in the small panel van category – with the ubiquitous Ford Transit, now in its 7th generation.