{"id":4392,"date":"2013-03-18T19:28:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T19:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=4392"},"modified":"2013-03-18T19:28:17","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T19:28:17","slug":"fords-a-hit-for-six-at-vansa2z-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4392","title":{"rendered":"Ford&#8217;s A Hit For Six At VansA2Z Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3497\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3497\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3497\" alt=\"Ford Transit Custom\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ford-transit-custom-1-sm-300x204.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ford-transit-custom-1-sm-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/ford-transit-custom-1-sm.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3497\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ford Transit Custom is VansA2Z.com Van of the Year 2013<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ford demonstrated why it remains the UK&#8217;s favourite commercial vehicle manufacturer by hitting the ball out of the park and winning an unprecedented six awards \u00a0at the recent VansA2Z Awards 2013\u00a0(apologies for the mangled sporting metaphors &#8212; the awards took place at Lords Cricket Ground, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/london\">London<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/brentwood\">Brentwood<\/a>-based company took home trophies for the following categories, with its new Transit Custom model (a direct competitor to the Mercedes Vito and Volkswagen Transporter) bagging no fewer than three:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ford Transit Custom \u2013 Van of the Year<\/li>\n<li>Ford Transit Custom \u2013 Best Small Panel Van<\/li>\n<li>Ford Transit Custom \u2013 Best Innovation<\/li>\n<li>Ford Transit \u2013 Best Minibus<\/li>\n<li>Ford FiestaVan \u2013 Best Small Van<\/li>\n<li>Ford Ranger \u2013 Highly Commended Pick-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Ford Transit Custom also claimed the overall Van of the Year award as well as winning in the Best Small Panel Van and Best Innovation categories. Its win in the Best Innovation category is particularly well deserved, as it is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4219\">first vehicle in its segment to achieve a five-star Euro NCAP safety rating<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ford Transit won Best Minibus for the third year running, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4123\">the frugal new Fiesta Van<\/a> \u2013 which accounts more than 60 per cent of its segment \u2013 won Best Small Van. Ford Ranger, International Pick-up of the Year 2013, was highly commended.<\/p>\n<p>Neil McIntee, VansA2Z editor, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to award the Transit Custom Best Small Panel Van and the overall Van of the Year accolade. Ford has raised the bar to new heights with the introduction of Transit Custom. In terms of dynamics, refinement, safety and clever, functional design features, it is untouchable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The all-new Ford Transit Custom claimed the International Van of the Year 2013 title when it was launched last year and has sold more than 1,100 units since November 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford took top place at the recent VansA2Z Awards 2013, bagging the overall Van of the Year trophy, as well as wins or commendations in five other categories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[547,123,1684],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392"}],"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=4392"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4394,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4392\/revisions\/4394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}