Different businesses demand different things from a van. The needs of a florist are unlike those of an antennae repair company or a courier service. As a business person yourself, you’d know how your own requirements change daily.
Berlingo II not only has a refreshed design but also features Citroën's latest technological innovations, designed to meet the specific requirements of your line of business, whether the van is used for long distances or frequent unloading.
The Citroën Berlingo II has a multi functional passenger seat, a huge payload of 800kg, a cavernous 3 cubic metres of useable space and now the option of a sliding side door. That’s why Berlingo won the International Van of the Year award and UK ‘What Van?’ magazine’s Best Light Van award for six consecutive years.
So, why is it so successful? For a start it was designed by the company that, arguably, produced the first incarnation of the world’s two primary types of light commercial van, the car derived van and the single box van. This heritage has provided Citroën with a unique head start in providing sophisticated, value for money commercial vehicles.
The Citroën Berlingo may fall into the car-derived category, but it is far from the half hearted designs that are half car/half steel box. Unlike its original competitors, the Berlingo may look like a car, but it has been designed from the beginning as a van. This has numerous advantages.
The load compartment is integrated into the shape of the vehicle; it is not a bubble on the back of the vehicle. This provides a larger, more useable load space, it also enhances aerodynamics and stability. Citroën recognized that, more than any other road user the light commercial vehicle driver is in and out of his vehicle all day, so by raising the seating position, entry and exit could not be easier, and this also means that the Berlingo driver enjoys an eyeline almost on a par with small four wheel drives, making it easier to navigate around congested roads.
By not basing the Berlingo on the running gear of a car, the suspension could be designed to work as a commercial vehicle, not as a beefed car, or even worse, with just normal car suspension.
So the Berlingo has suspension that delivers a class leading payload and, as would expected as the company that has defined the best ride quality, handling and road holding, a level of comfort and driving ability that puts many cars to shame.
When it came to the passenger compartment, Citroën recognized that the requirements of a van driver are quite different from a normal car user and, therefore the Berlingo’s interior had to offer a host of different features. Not just a fold down seat that turns into a desk, or a hidden storage area for valuables, but also a plethora of door pockets, pen holders and places for cups, note books and delivery dockets.
The new Citroën Berlingo HDI has a recommended retail price of $21,990.
Standard equipment includes power steering, driver's airbag, engine immobiliser, pre-tensioned seat belts, rear barn doors and a multi-function passenger seat with integrated desk.
DIESEL BOOST FOR CITROËN BERLINGO PERFORMANCE AND ECONOMY!
Urban deliveries have just got faster and more economical because Citroën has brought the performance and economy of turbo diesel to its innovative Citroën Berlingo with the launch of the Citroën Berlingo HDi, offering substantial gains in both performance and economy.
Fitted with the same 66 kW 1.6 litre Turbo Diesel as the Citroën C3 HDi, the new Turbo Diesel Berlingo slashes the 0-100 kmh time for the Berlingo from 17.5 seconds for the 1.4 petrol version to just 12.9 seconds for the new Berlingo HDI, while top speed, where legal, climbs from 148 kmh to 160 kmh. Yet, at the same time, the new Citroën Berlingo HDi is equally dynamic when it comes to cutting fuel consumption. The new Berlingo HDI has a combined fuel consumption figure of just 5.4 l/100 km compared to 7.5 l/100 km for the petrol powered Berlingo.
While there are significant changes to the Berlingo under the bonnet, all the other features that have made the Berlingo an outstanding success around the world stay the same, from the load capacity of three cubic metres and a payload of 800 kg to the interior designed for work, from the easy access passenger compartment to fold down passenger seat with integral desk.
We have a great range of Berlingo's available at Lance Dixon and welcome you to come in for a test drive! Please call us on (03) 9848 8888 or click here to email us