{"id":7029,"date":"2015-01-22T14:21:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T14:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7029"},"modified":"2025-11-18T22:13:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T22:13:34","slug":"toyota-proace-demolishes-competition-for-deconstruction-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7029","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Proace demolishes competition for deconstruction specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/4451\">Toyota Proace<\/a> isn&#8217;t the most commonly-sighted van on UK roads, not least because the world, the European version is essentially a rebadged Fiat Scudo. Sadly UK drivers can&#8217;t get their hands on the highly regarded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toyota.com.au\/hiace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HiAce model<\/a> that&#8217;s sold in\u00a0Africa and Australasia.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Toyota&#8217;s reputation for\u00a0build quality and durability means that the Proace is an ideal choice for demanding users, such as Falkirk-based deconstruction contractors GCM Services.<\/p>\n<p>GCM\u00a0provides its specialist services to heavy industry and the petrochemical sector,\u00a0and recently purchased\u00a0several Proace vans to supplement its fleet.<\/p>\n<p>The new vehicles are\u00a0long-wheelbase models and have been finished in GCM Service\u2019s corporate livery. They will be used for the company\u2019s contract services across the UK, and are expected to stay in service for three years before being replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the acquisition,\u00a0Gordon Marshall, managing director, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe needed vehicles that reflected the quality of our business and which delivered the right capability and reliability. The Toyota Proace fits this profile perfectly.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Powered by a flexible, efficient 2.0-litre turbodiesel engine, the Proace medium duty van is designed for ease of use. The long-wheelbase model chosen by GCM allows a payloads of up to 1.2 tonnes to be carried, while the firm&#8217;s drivers will enjoy a comfortable and safe environment, with Bluetooth, driver and passenger airbags and electric windows and door mirrors included in the standard specification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GCM Services has chosen the Toyota Proace to meet its medium van requirements, purchasing a number of liveried vans from Falkirk Toyota dealer SDM of Falkirk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[959,1693,1150],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7029"}],"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=7029"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11862,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7029\/revisions\/11862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}