{"id":7863,"date":"2015-10-09T13:42:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7863"},"modified":"2015-10-09T13:42:16","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:42:16","slug":"citan-sport-scores-company-car-role-for-caledonian-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7863","title":{"rendered":"Citan Sport scores company car role for Caledonian director"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve written before about the success<\/a> the Mercedes-Benz Citan is having<\/a> in the small van market, especially with SMEs<\/a> who value the combination of style, quality and status it offers.<\/p>\n

The director of a Scottish civil engineering company has now taken things one step further and opted for a Citan Sport<\/a> as his company car.<\/p>\n

\"Caledonian<\/p>\n

Drew Matthews, who is director of Livingston-based civil engineering firm Caledonian Group, recently chose a long-bodied Citan Sport 11 CDI as his personal vehicle.<\/p>\n

The new van was ordered alongside 2 new 5.0t Sprinter CDI vans and nine long and extra-long Citan 109 CDI vans for his crews to use.<\/p>\n

Commenting on his choice, Mr Matthews said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the ideal vehicle for me \u2013 practical, with a good load space, but also very comfortable, and a joy to drive. The air-conditioned cab is really well appointed and the Bluetooth system means I can communicate with staff and customers while I\u2019m on the move.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Citan Sport is a specced-up model with considerable kerb and driver appeal. It includes a host of extras such as 16-inch alloy wheels, a chrome grille, sidebar and tailgate trims, daytime running lights and colour-coded bumpers and door mirrors. Among the interior enhancements, meanwhile, are a leather steering wheel, special \u2018Sport\u2019 mats, air-conditioning and Bluetooth connectivity.<\/p>\n

All of the new vans were\u00a0fitted with safety systems including rear-view cameras, audible reversing warnings, beacon bars and Class 1 reflective markings by the supplying dealer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Civil engineering group director Drew Matthews has opted for a Mercedes-Benz Citan Sport van as his company ‘car’, delivered alongside a larger order for 11 new Sprinter and Citan vans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1324,1935,157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7863"}],"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=7863"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7867,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7863\/revisions\/7867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}