Medium sized auto van

[Teddy Lop]

Have a 10 year old vito, which at 80k is beyond economic repair, poss injectors, plus glow plugs exhaust and dpf (dpf itself okay but pants design means exhaust part dictates new unit, other issues likely engine-out jobs). prob looking at thousands which is not worth spending. New van it is, and anything that wears a merc badge won't be entertained.

It'll be used in London which is becoming fervently anti diesel, which would be okay if they made much that wasn't diesel. Ieally I'd buy something to last ten years, I was hoping it'd hold out until the incoming hybrids or electric come online and I'd swerve another highly problematic diesel of today but alas.

Needs to be auto, comfortable, 5 cubic meters and at least 1 ton payload. So far I've identified:

Transit custom diesel. Engines are problematic.
Peugeot expert diesel. What are the engines like?
VW transporter, petrol option and I do less than 10k but how much money??!?

Anything I'm missing?

[surveyor]

I'm 25k in to my Auto Custom and it has been faultless so far. I do lots of long distance driving so it maybe that suits the engine. It like a slurp of adblue..

I like the Expert (or identical Citroen) - if I could have got one at the spec I wanted at short notice I would have gone that way.

[agent006]

I was going to suggest an e-NV200, but it's 700kg and 4.2m3 so not quite big enough.

[Teddy Lop]

agent006 said:

I was going to suggest an e-NV200, but it's 700kg and 4.2m3 so not quite big enough.

y'know its been on my radar since launch, the latest model has the range to make it viable.

The problem is I know my vito is right on the bubble in terms of weight. I *could* compromise a bit but then I'm trying to fit my needs to the tool rather than buying the tool to fit my needs. But the its tempting - the amount of savings adds up, local councils here are even charging punishment rates for paybyphone parking now for diesels, like cowards piling in to give a victim a kick because he's down, and I fully expect this to accelerate.

Nissan 5yr/8yr on battery warranty can't be argued with too. If only they'd rate the rear axle slightly higher... The acceleration figure and top speed look like they'd be a little annoying in terms of keeping up with traffic.