Cheap van insurers commend 206 vans for being ok

It's official. The Pug 206 van is ok. That's official. Moreover, Vancover.co.uk found it to be a winner too. Which, like Vancover.co.uk's cheap van insurance - is more than ok? It's van bloody-tastic! Like Vancover.co.uk, the useful little stripped out 206 is now no stranger to award ceremonies. I mean, cheap van insurers Vancover.co.uk are dizzy thanks to the amount of cheap van insuring times they've been up and down the cheap van insuring podium, that's for sure, but, like Vancover.co.uk, the non-cheap van insuring praise heaped on today's 'one to watch' is surely the shape of things to come. One of Vancover.co.uk's cheap van insuring journo's catches up with the new best buddy of cheap van insurer's Vancover.co.uk..

Excellent news for all you fans of The Peugeot 206 van out there, as it's just won an award for being bloody great. So much so that it prompted Professional Van and Light Truck magazine to hand over its dog-eared rosette and best of breed certificate in the hard fought arena of Best Light Van 2006.

Dished out by faceless people sitting behind a trestle table, they were well placed to honour such honourable van achievement seeing as they were a mix of actual users, buyers and operators of all manner of load carriers. Not just members of the magazine itself.

Therefore these people were adjudged to be able to recognise how good a vehicle really is when released into its natural environment, and put through its paces. Seeing as its vans we're having a little chat about and not super cars of Italian pedigree, it sounds like a fun gig doesn't it?

Other than the obvious questions that forced these professional van users to source, and ultimately accumulate a series of answers, there were also the easily overlooked, that also found favour amongst the thrill-seeking road testers. Like the all-important - "Are there suitable places for a driver's coffee cup and snack?", and the ritualistic - "is there a place to store the van driver's copy of the Daily Sport?"

They even muttered something useful/informative to do with the payload capacity being worthwhile too, managing as they did to leave all rocks face up.

The factory 206 with blocked out side rear windows and no back seats is the ideal transportational method for stylish, predominantly small businesses mused the gathered few in the presentation tent, as it benefits from all the chic external design features you would expect and demand of a factory 206 with blocked out side rear windows and no back seats. Plus a 526kg payload capacity, and loading logistics of some 1130 dm3. It's highly specced too - affording the lucky incumbent what can only be described as exceptional levels of comfort and driveability, superimposed with the practicality of a little van. With a large and generous heart. Aawww.

Standard features in the handyman's handy van include these;

Power steering - handy in a tight spot

Remote central locking - handy for getting in/out of vehicle

Electric windows - handy for conversing expletives through when down

Radio / CD player - handy for listening too Dire Straits via

Height adjustable steering column - handy for stuntedly-configured tradesmen with short arms

Height adjustable seatbelts - handy for elongated tradesmen with long necks

Height adjustable driver's seat - handy for both stunted-configured and elongated tradespersons

Sports front seats - handy for supporting you as you rock and roll to Dire Straits

Electronic immobiliser - handy for securing your handy van. From a distance

SMART driver airbags - handy for preserving your facial features in the event of a collision

ABS with EBFD and EBA - handy to have a dictionary to hand right now..

The Peugeot 206 van is powered by a 1.4 litre HDi diesel engine, which, when switched to the 'on' position - produces 120 lb ft of torque at only 1750 rpm. Vancover.co.uk were informed by the panel of experts that, because of this, general running costs are also kept to a minimum, with service intervals of 2 years or 20,000 miles and a vehicle excise duty of £110

Which, according to all of us here at Vancover.co.uk, makes the little Pug van bloody handy by all accounts?

A bloke going by the name of Steve Harris is what Vancover.co.uk like to call a Fleet Director, this time for Peugeot UK, and he told Vancover.co.uk this: "This award recognises the high specification and standard equipment levels of the 206 van, which make it a perfect option for customers looking for a stylish and practical small van." Which we thought deserved a brief applause to convey Vancover.co.uk's seal of approval.

And Vancover.co.uk is the cheap van insurer who's more than familiar with receiving your cheap van insuring plaudits on a regular basis. Remember cheap van insurance fans - if its cheap van insurance you want to load up with, make Vancover.co.uk your only drivers mate..

Date - 21/09/2006