Light commercial vehicle
Light commercial vehicles (LCV, also sometimes Light goods vehicle or LGV) is a commercial carrier vehicles with a Gross vehicle weight (GVW) of up to 3.5 tonnes. The formal term within the European Union is Light commercial vehicles. Vehicles which qualify in this category are pickup trucks, vans and three-wheelers all commercially based goods or passenger carrier. The LCV concept was created as a compact truck and is usually optimised to be ruggedly built, have low operating costs and powerful yet fuel efficient engines, and to be utilised in intra-city operations.
LCV manufacturers in the EU
Ford Transit Ford Transit Connect, Ford Ranger
Opel Vivaro, Opel Movano, Opel Combo
Citroen
Citroën Relay(Citroën Jumper), Citroën Dispatch, Citroën Berlingo, Citroën Berlingo First, Citroën Nemo, Citroën C-Crosser Commercial
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, Mercedes-Benz Vito, Mercedes-Benz Vario
Volkswagen
Volkswagen Caddy, Volkswagen Transporter, Volkswagen Crafter
Peugeot
Boxer, Partner, Expert, Peugeot Partner Origin, Bipper, Peugeot 207 Van
Fiat
Ducato, Doblo, Scudo, Fiorino
Renault
Trafic, Master, Maxity, Kangoo, Kangoo Maxi
Nissan
Nissan Interstar, Cabstar, Navara, NV200, Primastar
Land Rover
Discovery Comercial, Defender Commercial
Sales channels
All of the above light commercial vehicles are sold through dealer networks. Usually a car dealer will have a franchise for the sale of a manufacturer's cars and the LCVs will be sold as an addition. The exceptions to these are Mercedes-Benz, who have a dedicated commercial vehicle network for heavy and light commercial vehicles, Volkswagen whose franchised dealers usually have standalone van centres Iveco and Isuzu Truck. Isuzu Truck market commercial vehicles up to 18 tonnes GVW and Iveco market their heavy truck range with their Daily van to complement this.
Used LCV marketing
Many franchised dealers also retail used LCVs, with the poorer quality examples sent to specialist auctions for sale. There is a large network of independent used commercial vehicle retailers who retail thousands of used commercial vehicles every month.
CV Dealers are increasingly using the internet to help sell their vehicles in addition to the traditional print media such as Auto Trader[disambiguation needed].
See also
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