Ford and Mercedes-Benz dominated the commercial cargo van categories in Vincentric’s fifth annual Best Fleet Value in Canada awards.
Ford and Mercedes-Benz dominated the commercial cargo van categories in Vincentric’s fifth annual Best Fleet Value in Canada awards. Ford led the way with three awards, while Mercedes-Benz topped two categories. Winners are as follows:
• Small commercial cargo van: Ford Transit Connect XL cargo van liftgate
• Mid-size commercial cargo van: Mercedes-Benz Metris cargo va
• Full-size ½-ton cargo van: Ford Transit 150 Base Cargo LR 130WB
• Full-size 3/4-ton cargo van: Mercedes-Benz Sprinter cargo van 2500 Std Roof 144 WB
• Full-size one-ton cargo van: Ford Transit 350 Base Cargo LR 148WB
Vincentric evaluates fleet vehicles across 37 categories. To determine the 2016 Best Fleet Value in Canada awards the group performed a cost of ownership analysis on over 2,500 vehicle configurations based on typical use in commercial fleet. Each vehicle was evaluated in all 10 provinces using 24 different lifecycle cost scenarios and eight different cost factors: depreciation, fees and taxes, financing, fuel, insurance, maintenance, opportunity cost, and repairs. The winning vehicle had the lowest fleet lifecycle cost in the most scenarios for its respective segment.
