Today we had lots of van news! Here’s a good one, Vauxhall’s version of Fiat Doblo, called the Combo van will go on sale in UK from February 2012, starting at £14,703.

The Combo Panel Van offers great variety with two wheelbases, two heights, two gross vehicle weights (2,000kg and 2,300kg) two trim levels and with four engine choices. So there is a van for every one!

Vauxhall, or Fiat in fact, has used clever methods to enable the Combo to offer best in class capacity and convenience for different uses. Here’s some figures: Two lengths (4.39m and 4.74m) combined with two heights (1.85m and 2.10m) offer exceptional loading possibilities. With the L1 the load volume is 3,400 litres whereas the L2 packs in 4,200 litres with load lengths of 1.82m (L1) and 2.17m (L2) and the load width of 1.71m.  New Combo offers a choice of two payloads: 750kg and 1,000kg.

The engine range include a 1.3 CDTi and a 1.6 CDTi, each with 90PS, as well as a 1.6 CDTi variant with 105PS and a powerful 2.0 CDTi engine providing 135PS.

In terms of features and equipments, you standard items including remote central door locking with deadlocks, full-steel bulkhead, trip computer, electric power steering, driver’s airbag, ABS with EBD, CD/radio and a 12 volt power outlet in the dashboard. The sport trim adds air conditioning, metallic paint, body-colour bumpers and door mirrors, nearside sliding door, driver seat with height adjustment, armrest and lumbar support and full wheel covers.

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