{"id":6318,"date":"2014-06-12T16:26:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T16:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=6318"},"modified":"2014-06-12T16:26:40","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T16:26:40","slug":"aa-takes-90-volkswagen-transporters-for-vw-contract-natch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/6318","title":{"rendered":"AA takes 90 Volkswagen Transporters for VW contract, natch&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6319\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6319\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6319 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vw-transporter-aa-roadside.jpg\" alt=\"AA Roadside Volkswagen Transporter\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vw-transporter-aa-roadside.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/vw-transporter-aa-roadside-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of the silver-liveried VW Transporters the AA will use on its dedicated VW roadside assistance service.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In business, &#8216;eating your own dog food&#8217; is often a key measure of credibility &#8212; and many firms expect this loyalty to extend to their\u00a0customers, too.<\/p>\n<p>It is no surprise, therefore, that\u00a0Volkswagen is supplying the AA with 90 new VW Transporters to use for its dedicated Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles roadside assistance service.<\/p>\n<p>The silver vans are fitted with specialist tools and the latest VAS equipment, including a diagnostic interface that connects to customers\u2019 vehicles to identify problems quickly.\u00a0The system also allows technicians to carry out the latest software updates at the side of the road.<\/p>\n<p>As well as boosting its fleet with new Transporters, the AA is also investing in a dedicated call centre at its headquarters in the West Midlands that will handle all customer roadside assistance enquiries.\u00a0Technicians will be on hand 24-hours a day, seven days a week, and all will be specially trained to work on Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>The new roadside assistance partnership means the AA will be available to Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles customers anywhere in the UK.\u00a0The service includes home assistance, European cover, a dedicated UK-based customer service centre and delivery of customers\u2019 cars to any UK destination including Volkswagen\u2019s dedicated Van Centre network.<\/p>\n<p>The new AA Transporters will be equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, carry only genuine Volkswagen Commercial Vehicle parts and tools, and patrol staff will be Volkswagen trained technicians, to ensure the best possible care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AA is taking delivery of 90 new Volkswagen Transporter vans for its dedicated VW roadside assistance service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1016,493],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6318"}],"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=6318"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6321,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6318\/revisions\/6321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}