{"id":4427,"date":"2013-03-22T16:48:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T16:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=4427"},"modified":"2013-03-22T16:48:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T16:48:01","slug":"fiat-scores-a-doblo-at-trade-van-driver-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4427","title":{"rendered":"Fiat Scores A Dobl\u00f2 at Trade Van Driver Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4428\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4428\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4428\" alt=\"Fiat Fiorino\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/fiat-fiorino-1-sm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florino &#8211; Best City Van, Trade Van Driver Awards 2013<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hot on the heels of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4401\">Fiat\u00a0Dobl\u00f2 Cargo&#8217;s\u00a0recent Best Light Van category win<\/a> at the VansA2z.com awards, the Fiat has added two more trophies to its collection.<\/p>\n<p>The Fiat Fiorino compact van was named Best City Van, and the recently introduced Dobl\u00f2 Work Up winning the Best Small Pick-Up award in the 2013 Trade Van Driver (TVD) Awards.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure there is all that much competition in the Small Pick-Up category, but it&#8217;s a worthy award for a useful niche model, all the same.<\/p>\n<p>The TVD awards are judged not only by an expert panel of journalists at the magazine but also by a panel of readers who use light commercial vehicles as part of their businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the awards is to recognise manufacturers, firms and people who, in the opinion of the judges, offer the very best to retail van buyers.<\/p>\n<p>Trade Van Driver Magazine editor Matthew Eisenegger commented:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTrade Van Driver Magazine prides itself on offering a true reflection of the thoughts and feelings of its readership. Now in their second year, it is great to see some products taking the accolade for a second time, as well as new products scoring a first win. We have also introduced a number of new categories which demonstrate the diversity of interest of our specialist professional trade sector.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_4429\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4429\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4429\" alt=\"Fiat Dobl\u00f2 Work Up\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/fiat-doblo-work-up-3-sm.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dobl\u00f2 Work Up, Best Small Pick-up Trade Van Driver Awards 2013<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Dobl\u00f2 Work Up is a dropside pick-up vehicle that&#8217;s designed for on-road use, with compact external dimensions that allow easy manoeuvring in urban areas.<\/p>\n<p>The external dimensions are not, however, a limit to its performance. The load box is 2.30 m long and 1.82 m wide, with 4.2 m<sup>2<\/sup> of loading area which can accommodate a payload of up to 1,000kg. Additionally, the Bi-Link suspension permits a rear axle load up to 1,450kg.<\/p>\n<p>Both the Dobl\u00f2 Work Up and the Fiorino will be on display on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4366\">Fiat Professional stand<\/a> at the forthcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/birmingham\">Birmingham<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CV Show<\/a>, providing potential buyers with a chance to have a good look around each one.<\/p>\n<p>Full details on Fiat Professional\u2019s range of commercial vehicles is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiatprofessional.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.fiatprofessional.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More van awards for Fiat: The Dobl\u00f2 Work Up and the Fiorino won their respective categories at the recent Trade Van Driver awards &#8212; both vans will be on display at the CV Show in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[1685,122,1690],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4427"}],"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=4427"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4432,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4427\/revisions\/4432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}