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rs to mo The new Daily is on its way Iveco’s award-winning new Daily range will soon be available to Australian light commercial vehicle buyers, with 4x2 van and cab chassis variants due for imminent release and boasting a number of new market-leading features and technology. The Daily range was recently awarded the prestigious ‘International Van of the Year 2015’ accolade at the 65th Hanover International Motor Show. In securing the award, the Daily finished 17 points clear of the other shortlisted finalists. The new Daily impressed the expert judging panel, as stated by J. Sweeney, Chairman of International Van of the Year: “In the most competitive year ever the new Iveco Daily was the number one choice of the 23 members of the jury, representing the top commercial vehicle publications across Europe and Russia.” The latest release is the third generation of the Daily range and was developed on a completely renewed platform featuring 80 per cent new components. The new architecture raises the performance of the Daily to best-in-class levels in the single-wheel van segment. In the developing the new Daily, Iveco engineers have focused on improvements in the key areas of load space, driver comfort, and fuel efficiency. The range also boasts truck-like strength combined with car-like driving characteristics and delivers handling and load carrying capacity at the top of the category. The new range provides quality European manufacturing and will be available in van, cab chassis and dual cab chassis variants with GVM ranging from 3.8 to 7 tonnes. Savvy business owners will also appreciate significant total cost of ownership reduction over the preceding range, achieved through fuel efficiency gains as well as a reduction in maintenance and repair costs. On offer is a choice of three engines ranging from 126 hp (94 kW) to a class-leading 205 hp (153 kW). Complementing the powerful and efficient twin-turbocharged diesel engines is the availability of either a 6-speed manual or the new Hi-Matic market-leading ZF 8-speed automatic transmission. Exclusive to the new Daily in its class, the Hi-Matic transmission sets new standards of versatility, and cost efficiency while guaranteeing maximum driver comfort. Iveco Product Manager, Christian Andel, said the new range was very well specified for the needs of the Australian market and would have an impact once released. CENTRAL LOCKING WITH REMOTE CONTROL “The Daily range received a resounding ‘thumbs-up’ in Europe winning Van of the Year, and Iveco is confident that the new models will be very well received by customers in Australia,” Mr Andel said. “Among the many improvements over the previous models are several class-leading advances, including the impressive new Hi-Matic transmissio