Published: Commercial Motor, 13 Jul 2000
Daily Grindby: Peter Lawton
Thanks to its C-section chassis the Iveco Daily is well known as the van with big-truck pretensions. Initially the heavy-weight struggled to gain a foothold in the British market when it was slimmed down for the 3.5-tonne sector. Now the Daily I sback, branded as the City Truck and fighting in lower weight categories than ever before.
Verdict
The new Daily is well able to draw on its strongest design elements to provide a pretty good all-round package. It has practicality in bucketloads and a solid new engine that packs a good punch.
But a real dog of a gearbox and nervous handling on motorways let this contender down. While the slimmed down Iveco seems able to hold its own, it will struggle to win many belts in this fierce weight division.
Vehicle Specifications
Iveco Daily 35S13V
| Fuel Consumption: | 27.4mpg(10.3lit/100km) |
| Average speed: | 63.0km/h |
| Gross weight as tested: | 3,500kg |
| Net payload: | 1,345kg |
| Price as tested: | £21,781(ex-VAT) |
