THE latest version of Ireland’s best-selling small van, the Ford Fiesta Van, has just been launched.

Based on the new Ford Fiesta car which arrives in Ireland this month, the Fiesta Van derivative is designed to meet the needs of professional or personal use customers.

Priced at €14,940, the new van will be available in Ireland from late January 2009.

For its latest incarnation, the new Fiesta Van sets out to exceed the needs and expectations of commercial customers.  The van has a compact exterior footprint, practical load compartment area and low cost of ownership, according to Ford.

The new Fiesta Van uses the 'kinetic design' form language of its 3-door passenger car body in which the rear side windows are replaced by body coloured solid panels and the rear passenger seats are removed to provide space for a clean and step-less load box area. 

The load box volume is targeted to exceed 1,000 litres in volume, with a maximum useable load length of up to 1292 mm, as well as a maximum load box width of 1278 mm (1004mm between the wheel arches) and heights of up to 936 mm. The roomy load area is shielded from the driver compartment with a standard half-high bulkhead. 

Standard solid DIN-compliant tie-down hooks and an optional upper DIN bulkhead extension make sure that this compact city-friendly van is fully compliant to the DIN cargo retention regulations all over Europe.

The new Fiesta Van is available with a choice of engines offering commercial customers excellent fuel economy and low cost of ownership. Engines available include the 1.25-litre Duratec 16V petrol unit (82 PS/60 kW), a frugal 1.4-litre Duratorq TDCi turbo diesel (68 PS/50 kW), and a top-of the-range 1.6-litre Duratorq TDCi (90 PS/66kW) turbo diesel with standard closed-loop coated DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter).

The fuel economy figures of the Fiesta Van are targeted to match those of the Fiesta 3-door passenger car.  With a combined fuel consumption of just 4.2 l/100 km (67.3 mpg) and an average CO2 emission of just 110 g/km, both of the diesel engines offer a value-for-money 'green' proposition and deliver real world fuel cost savings to business customers when compared with older types of diesel engine.

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