Hot on the heels of Citroën’s dominating performance in the Business Van awards last week comes news of a new fleet renewal and expansion deal for the firm.

Automotive refinishing products specialist, the Morelli Group, has taken delivery of 15 new Citroën Dispatch L2H1 HDi 125 6-speed manual Enterprise vans.

The new vehicles have been ordered to meet growing demand and to replace older vans being de-fleeted, and the Enfield-based firm will base the new vans at depots throughout the UK.

The majority of the Morelli Group fleet are DS and Citroën models, totalling 48 Citroën vans and 27 cars, and Robert Cohen, the group’s financial director, says that this isn’t a coincidence:

“We like the way Citroën offers its vans with defined trim levels, rather than a large number of options, which makes ordering vehicles easier. Citroën’s LCVs are ideal for our intensive, high-mileage operation, providing excellent driver comfort and safety, along with reliability and low cost of operation.”

The 1200kg payload Dispatch L2H1 Enterprise models are powered by an HDi 125 engine, which has excellent combined cycle fuel economy of 44.1mpg and low CO₂ emissions of just 168g/km. Standard specification includes air conditioning, rear parking sensors, a Connecting Box (including Bluetooth® hands free and a USB socket), electrically folding heated door mirrors and a full steel bulkhead. In addition, the Dispatch also comes with Teletrac intelligent satellite navigation and Trackstar stolen vehicle tracking.