{"id":8445,"date":"2016-03-01T06:55:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T06:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=8445"},"modified":"2016-03-01T06:55:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T06:55:35","slug":"renault-delivers-85-van-order-to-ni-housing-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/8445","title":{"rendered":"Renault delivers 85-van order to NI housing authority"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern Ireland\u2019s strategic housing authority has replaced its entire fleet of leased maintenance vehicles with 85 Renault LCV models.<\/p>\n

The Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE) ordered 33 Trafic Panel Vans<\/a>, 44 Master Panel Vans<\/a> and eight officially-converted Master Tippers after running a tender through the Crown Commercial Service (CCS).<\/p>\n

According to NIHE, the Renault LCVs secured the order due to their excellent value and low emissions.<\/p>\n

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The company, which offers a range of services to people living in socially rented, privately rented and owner occupied accommodation as well as supporting and working with a number of other public bodies, will use the mix of Renaults in the maintenance of the 89,000 dwellings that it is responsible for across Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

NIHE opted for the Trafic panel van in short wheelbase, low-roof format with the efficient dCi 115 1.6-litre turbo diesel engine, while its Master panel vans were ordered in medium wheelbase, medium-roof specification and powered by the dCi 110 2.3-litre turbo diesel engine.<\/p>\n

The Master Tippers \u2013 available to order \u2018off-the-shelf\u2019 through Renault\u2019s dealer network and with 45-degree rear-tipping \u2018Scattolini\u2019 bodies fitted by accredited Renault supplier VFS \u2013 were ordered in front-wheel drive, medium wheelbase specification with the dCi 125 2.3-litre turbo diesel engine.<\/p>\n

All ordered models feature the generous Business specification, which includes DAB radio with Bluetooth, ESC (Electronic Stability Control) with HSA (Hill Start Assist) and Grip Xtend, electric front windows and remote central locking. The new Renaults also come with a four-year, 100,000 mile warranty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northern Ireland Housing Executive has ordered 85 new Renault vans to replace its entire fleet of leased maintenance vans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[1995,121],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8445"}],"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=8445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8447,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8445\/revisions\/8447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}