Glasgow City Council adds 31 new Fiat Doblò Work Up's to fleet

Fiat Professional has recently announced that Glasgow City Council has taken delivery of not one, but thirty one new Fiat Doblò Work Up vehicles. These are to join its existing fleet of over 200 Fiat Professional vehicles. The vehicles are used in a variety of applications across several departments. The new Doblò Work Up deal is part of an on-going four year Framework Agreement between specialists Fiat Professional dealer, Imperial Commercials Glasgow, and Glasgow City Council for the supply of commercial vehicles. Fiat Professional models already supplied under the agreement are the Fiorino Combi, Fiorino Cargo, Doblò Cargo, and Ducato vans.

Factors in Imperial Commercials' success in securing the agreement after a competitive tender process run by Glasgow City Council last year include; the high quality and the excellent value of Fiat Professional’s models.

So what other factors make these commercial vehicles so enticing and why does the council continue to order Fiat models for its fleet? For a start, the Fiat Doblò Work Up is a ‘dropside’ vehicle with compact external dimensions allowing easy use in urban areas. The external dimensions are not, however, a limit to its performance. The load box is 2.30 m long and 1.82 m wide, with 4 m² of loading area which can accommodate a payload of up to 1,000kg. Additionally, the bi-link rear suspension permits a rear axle load of up to 1,450kg. Prices start from £16,115 (basic) for the 1.3 MultiJet II 16v Diesel and £17,015 (basic) for the 1.6 MultiJet 16v Diesel.

The new vehicles, which will be used in all council services including Roads & Winter maintenance, Cleansing, Parks and Homecare, are all powered by Fiat’s 1.3 MultiJet II 16v Diesel engine which employs Fiat’s latest MultiJet II technology, helping to lower running costs and reduce emissions. The 90 bhp 1.3-litre MultiJet II diesel has an official Combined Cycle fuel consumption figure of 55.4 mpg and an emissions figure of  133g/km. Options fitted to the vehicles include Remote Central Locking, Blue&Me, Steering Wheel Controls, Start&Stop and ESP. That sounds like a lot of workhorse for the council’s precious pounds.

Sebastiano Fedrigo, director, Fiat Professional UK comments: “We are delighted that Glasgow City Council has chosen the Fiat Doblò Work Up. It has been designed to be top of its class in terms of performance and functional characteristics, capability and ease of loading. With its low running costs, low fuel consumption, comfort and safety we are confident that the vehicles will provide Glasgow City Council with an economical and reliable solution to meet their requirements.”