{"id":4783,"date":"2013-06-11T13:33:35","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T13:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=4783"},"modified":"2013-06-11T13:33:35","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T13:33:35","slug":"isuzu-secures-double-d-max-fleet-deals-as-business-sales-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4783","title":{"rendered":"Isuzu Secures Double D-Max Fleet Deals As Business Sales Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4784\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4784\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4784\" alt=\"Isuzu D-Max pick-ups operated by RFT Repairs\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/isuzu-d-max-rft-repairs-sm.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/isuzu-d-max-rft-repairs-sm.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/isuzu-d-max-rft-repairs-sm-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Three of the Isuzu D-Max pick-ups delivered to RFT Repairs<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Isuzu UK has just secured two significant fleet deals, underlining the increasing appeal of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/3341\">Isuzu D-Max<\/a> to fleet buyers across a wide range of sectors.<\/p>\n<p>East Anglia-based housing association, Flagship Housing Group, signed a deal for 15 of the mid-specification Isuzu D-Max Eiger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/info.php?inforef=pick-up\">pick-ups<\/a> after a competitive pitch against major rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Flagship Housing Group\u2019s fleet of pick-ups \u2013 all liveried in its signature Bottle Green colour \u2013 will be delivered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/norwich\">Norwich<\/a>-based dealer, Dingles Isuzu, fully-fitted with load-bed liners, a hardtop canopy and rooftop ladder carrier.\u00a0 The new fleet will be used to manage the maintenance of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flagship-housing.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flagship Housing Group&#8217;s<\/a> 22,000 homes across the East.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isuzu.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Isuzu UK<\/a> will also deliver a fleet of Isuzu D-Max pick-ups to civil engineering specialists, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jones-bros.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jones Brothers<\/a>.\u00a0 The award-winning Welsh firm has so far ordered 15 units from the Isuzu D-Max Premium range \u2013 including Eiger, Yukon and Utah models \u2013 to service projects across the north of Wales.<\/p>\n<p>William Brown, General Manager at Isuzu UK, commented:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe expansion of our business-focused sales activities is already paying dividends. These two fleet deals say a lot about our Brand \u2013 not just because they build on our strong core of retail sales we have secured so far\u00a0in 2013 \u2013 but also because they demonstrate the breadth of the D-Max\u2019s appeal to businesses operating across diverse disciplines.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Isuzu D-Max has already proved to the hugely popular with UK buyers, after the Japanese-marque announced record sales during the month of March of 814 units &#8211; 16% of the UK market.\u00a0 Isuzu further extended the appeal of the Isuzu D-Max pick-up with a new range of utility and style-enhancing accessories at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4507\">2013 Commercial Vehicle Show<\/a>, earlier this month. Most recently announced that its towing capacity had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4741\">upgraded from 3 tonnes to 3.5 tonnes<\/a>, giving it the highest towing capacity in its class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Isuzu is making progress in the fleet market and has just secured two new fleet deals for its D-Max pick-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1725,1680],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4783"}],"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=4783"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4788,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4783\/revisions\/4788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}