Following the Iveco Daily’s recent award for ‘International Minibus of the Year 2017’ by the Bus, Coach and Minibus of the Year international jury, the Iveco Daily Blue Power model has been crowned International Van of the Year 2018 during Solutrans, the international trade show for the road transport industry held in Lyon, France.

Iveco’s new light segment van and chassis cab range fought off strong competition to win, just three years after Daily won the 2015 title. The award is recognition of the brand’s focus on using techno­logy to improve sustainability, with judges agreeing the Daily Blue Power “puts together the main and viable solutions to reduce the environmental impact of LCVs in urban and suburban operations”.

Matthew Fenech, CEO at Motors Inc., sole agents for Iveco in Malta, said the Iveco’s product strategy is to provide customers with vehicles that enable them to be more sustainable, for both the environment and their bottom line. Proof of this is also the fact that earlier this year, Iveco was named in the ‘Project of the Year’ category for its vision for sustainable heavy duty transport that led to the development of the first natural gas-powered truck for long-distance haulage.

The company was the first manufacturer in the world of commercial transport to recognise the potential of natural gas – foresight that saw Iveco develop a full range of natural gas-powered vans, trucks and buses. Iveco is still the only manufacturer to offer a full range of natural gas-powered models, with more than 22,000 Iveco gas-powered vehicles sold to date.

Iveco also won two of the three ‘Sustainable Truck of the Year 2017’ awards, with the Eurocargo CNG being victorious in the Distribution category and the Daily Electric in the van category. For the second year running, the Daily has won the ‘Sustainable Truck of the Year 2018’ title in the van category with the new Daily Hi-Matic Natural Power thanks to “its drive towards greater sustainability, with continued updates and improvements both on a small and large scale”.

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