Iveco Daily

The Iveco Daily is the Mike Tyson of the van world, noticeably stronger and tougher than the opposition. Sitting on a ladder frame chassis, the Daily is a big truck scaled down rather than a smaller van scaled up. Florists, bakers and the like might as well look elsewhere as this van is best at home thundering up and down the highways of Britain laden down to the gills with cargo. Gross vehicle weights range from 2.8 tonnes right up to 6.5 tonnes. Models some in L, S and C classes – L for 2.8-3.2 tonners, S for 3.5 tonners and C for 3.5-6.5 tonners. All come swathed in plastic round the bottom end and all come with a massive slablike dashboard. Iveco used to have a complicated ownership tie-up between Ford and Fiat but the firm is now totally in the hands of the Italian manufacturer, although sales and servicing have to be carried out at Iveco dealers – there is no cross-over between Fiat and Iveco at present.

D, TD