Volkswagen's Transporter collects top accolade at this year’s Trade Van Driver Awards.

• Transporter collects top accolade at this year’s Trade Van Driver Awards
• The Transporter claimed ‘Van of the Year’ and ‘Best Medium Van’
• Impeccable handling, well thought-out load area and excellent residual values key to securing awards

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ sixth generation Transporter has extended its award-winning year to claim both ‘Best Medium Van’ and overall ‘Van of the Year’ at this year’s Trade Van Driver Awards 2016. The Transporter’s impeccable handling, efficient engines and market-leading residual values helped to give it the edge over its rivals in the judges’ minds.

The latest Transporter offers an extensive range of wheelbases, roof heights, load volumes and payload options to cater for all business needs within the medium van sector.  Available as a passenger carrier, panel van or more recently chassis cab and dropside variants, the Transporter comes equipped with range of economical 2.0-litre engines, manual and DSG transmissions and two- and four-wheel drive.

The Transporter comes with a comprehensive list of safety equipment, which includes Driver Alert and Automatic Post Collision Braking Systems coming as standard.  The sixth-generation Transporter also boasts an impressive list of additional safety feature options including Adaptive Cruise Control, City Emergency Braking and High Beam Assist.

Trade Van Driver Magazine editor, Matthew Eisenegger commented: “Trade Van Driver Magazine prides itself on offering a true reflection of the thoughts and feelings of its readership. The new styling of the Transporter T6, as well as its ability to work hard and efficiently, make it a worthy class winner. The Transporter’s impeccable handling, functional design, well-thought-out load areas and the best residual values of any van, make the new Volkswagen Transporter T6 the worthy winner of the 2016 Trade Van Driver Awards ‘Van of the Year’.”

Commenting on the awards success, Carl zu Dohna, Director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, said:  “The Transporter continues to impress judging panels across the industry, which is testament to the quality of this new model. This award is judged by a mix of industry experts and light commercial users which makes the result particularly pleasing!” 

These latest awards come off the back of a number of impressive results for the Transporter in 2016, which have included winning the prestigious ‘International Van of the Year’ award as well as claiming VansA2Z’s ‘Van of the Year 2016’ and Van Fleet World ‘Best New Van’ awards.