{"id":7973,"date":"2015-11-04T14:29:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T14:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=7973"},"modified":"2015-11-04T14:36:52","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T14:36:52","slug":"sprinter-win-top-reliability-award-in-real-world-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/7973","title":{"rendered":"Sprinter win top reliability award in real-world test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mercedes-sprinter-3-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Mercedes-Benz Sprinter\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mercedes-sprinter-3-sm.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/mercedes-sprinter-3-sm-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>The Mercdes-Benz Sprinter has been chosen for the FN50 Award for the most reliable van in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The FN50 awards are based on data from the 50 largest UK leasing companies. Reliability is measured based on vehicle breakdowns and warranty claims per 100 vehicles on each company&#8217;s fleet.<\/p>\n<p>The study is carried out by Sewells Research &amp; Insight, a leading provider of business intelligence in the UK for information on the fleet, dealer and vehicle leasing markets. Being based on real-world data gives these awards a credibility which some other awards lack.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the award, Steve Bridge, Managing Director, Mercedes-Benz Vans, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSprinter proves itself time and time again that it is the fleet champion, not just for load-carrying capabilities and safety technology, but also for after sales support and excellent reliability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are especially delighted with this award as it is based on data taken from actual vehicles out on the road.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the first time the Sprinter has won the FN50 reliability award, the big German van also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/2573\">came top in 2011<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mercedes-Benz Sprinter has won the award for the most reliable van in 2015 at the FN50 awards in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[547,1209,157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7973"}],"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=7973"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7977,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7973\/revisions\/7977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}