{"id":7626,"date":"2015-07-15T14:35:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T14:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7626"},"modified":"2015-07-15T14:35:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T14:35:38","slug":"volkswagen-transporter-is-newest-choice-for-aa-patrol-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7626","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen Transporter is newest choice for AA patrol fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/aa-patrol-vw-transporters-sm.jpg\" alt=\"AA Patrol VW Transporters\" width=\"350\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/aa-patrol-vw-transporters-sm.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/aa-patrol-vw-transporters-sm-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/aa-patrol-vw-transporters-sm-50x29.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>The AA is adding 500 Volkswagen Transporter vans to its patrol fleet,\u00a0including around 70 all-wheel drive 4MOTION models.<\/p>\n<p>The Transporters will be painted in the AA\u2019s distinctive yellow trademark colour at the Volkswagen factory in Hannover.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicles will also be converted for purpose with specialist racking to accommodate the AA\u2019s tow system, tools and additional equipment.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure whether the AA fleet\u00a0is switching wholesale to VW or whether the breakdown operator is adopting a mixed-marque policy. The Transporter has been used before, notably the T4 model. Recent years have also seen both the Ford Transit and Vauxhall Vivaro used as patrol vehicles by the AA,\u00a0which seems to have less brand loyalty than it once did.<\/p>\n<p>However, there&#8217;s no doubt that the Transporter is a high quality and capable choice that scores highly in the image department. VW&#8217;s network of more than 70 dedicated Van Centres around the UK also means that support should not be a problem, should\u00a0problems arise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AA has acquired 500 new Volkswagen Transporter vans to add to its patrol fleet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1928,1016],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7626"}],"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=7626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7628,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7626\/revisions\/7628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}