{"id":3331,"date":"2012-05-18T16:14:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T16:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=3331"},"modified":"2012-05-18T16:14:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T16:14:04","slug":"vauxhall-adds-petrol-engines-to-combo-corsavan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3331","title":{"rendered":"Vauxhall Adds Petrol Engines To Combo &#038; Corsavan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2515\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2515\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2515\" title=\"New 2012 Vauxhall Combo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/vauxhall-new-combo-sm-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"New 2012 Vauxhall Combo small van\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/vauxhall-new-combo-sm-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/vauxhall-new-combo-sm.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Vauxhall Combo will now be available with a new, more fuel-efficient 1.4-litre petrol engine.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Vauxhall is adding a new petrol engine choice to both its new Combo and Corsavan ranges. The move is in response to customer demand, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/luton\">Luton<\/a>-based manufacturer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe inclusion of new petrol engines to the New Combo and Corsavan ranges is in response to increased customer demand,\u201d said Steve Bryant, Brand Manager, Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles.\u00a0 \u201cCertain Vauxhall customers want the option of a petrol engine especially with respect to both current fuel prices and the operator\u2019s specific working environment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The value of a petrol engine in small van models is something I have commented on before and should help address urban operators&#8217; concerns over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/2841\">DPF failures due to unsuitable usage cycles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Combo will get a Euro 5-compliant,\u00a01.4-litre petrol unit\u00a0with 95PS and Start\/Stop technology. Vauxhall say the engine will deliver CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions of 163g\/km and 40.3mpg combined cycle fuel consumption on the short wheelbase model.<\/p>\n<p>The Corsavan will get a 1.2-litre petrol engine, with CO2 emissions of just 119g\/km, 55.4mpg and will also have Start\/Stop. Vauxhall vans are perennial favourites with small businesses and\u00a0the company sold 11,436 vans to small businesses last year, with sales up 28.05 per cent in a market up 8.32 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vauxhall is adding new petrol engines to both its Combo and Corsavan vans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[418,1423,41,119],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3333,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331\/revisions\/3333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}