{"id":3975,"date":"2012-11-07T16:31:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T16:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2012-11-07T16:31:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T16:31:03","slug":"ford-vans-are-most-reliable-say-fleet-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3975","title":{"rendered":"Ford Vans Are Most Reliable Say Fleet Managers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3976\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3976\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3976\" title=\"Ford Transit mk7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ford-transit-mk7-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Ford Transit mk7\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ford Transit: the most reliable van in the UK<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ford commercial vehicles are the most reliable in Britain, according to the managers of the 50 largest fleets in the UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/brentwood\">Brentwood<\/a>-based blue oval replaces Volkswagen as the most reliable manufacturer, according to the results of the FN50 survey, which surveys the 50 largest UK contract hire and leasing companies.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the results,\u00a0Stephen Briers, editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fleetnews.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fleet News<\/a>, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cVan reliability is arguably more important than car reliability. A van driver can\u2019t work from home if he or she needs to deliver vital equipment or provide a necessary service. Ford\u2019s commitment to ensuring the Transit and Transit Connect perform well in the key area of reliability should help strengthen its position as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3970\">biggest manufacturer in the UK van market<\/a>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Ford Transit came top of the van reliability survey with the Ford Transit Connect, retaining its second place from a year ago. In the manufacturer table, Ford moved up into the top spot ahead of Volkswagen, who also fell behind fellow German manufacturer Mercedes-Benz, in what must be a disappointing result for VW.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3977\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3977\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3977\" title=\"Ford Transit Connect\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/ford-transit-connect-2-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Ford Transit Connect\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ford Transit Connect came second in the FN50 survey to find the most reliable van in the UK.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here are <strong>this year&#8217;s top ten most reliable vans<\/strong> (last year&#8217;s position in brackets):<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Ford Transit (4)<\/strong><br \/>\n2 Ford Transit Connect (2)<br \/>\n3 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter (1)<br \/>\n4 Volkswagen Transporter (5)<br \/>\n5 Volkswagen Caddy (3)<br \/>\n6 Mercedes-Benz Vito<br \/>\n7 Vauxhall Vivaro<br \/>\n8 Renault Trafic<br \/>\n9 Vauxhall Movano<br \/>\n10 Citroen Berlingo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 most reliable van manufacturers<\/strong> (last year\u2019s position in brackets*)<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Ford (2)<\/strong><br \/>\n2 Mercedes-Benz (3)<br \/>\n3 Volkswagen (1)<br \/>\n4 Vauxhall (-)<br \/>\n5 Citroen (-)<br \/>\n6 Renault (5)<br \/>\n7 Nissan<br \/>\n8 Peugeot<br \/>\n9 Fiat (4)<br \/>\n10 Toyota<\/p>\n<p>(*2011 tables ranked only top five)<\/p>\n<p><em>Those responding to the survey have a combined LCV fleet size of 160,000. The FN50 reliability survey is the largest study of its kind in the UK. For more information on the survey see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fleetnews.com\/\">www.fleetnews.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford makes the most reliable vans in the UK, according to a new survey, with the Transit and Transit Connect taking first and second places in this year&#8217;s FN50 survey of big fleets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1209,123,49,571],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3975"}],"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=3975"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3980,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3975\/revisions\/3980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}