{"id":6275,"date":"2013-10-25T16:59:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T15:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=6275"},"modified":"2013-10-31T18:29:05","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T17:29:05","slug":"continental-irish-van-of-the-year-2014-awards-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/continental-irish-van-of-the-year-2014-awards-shortlist\/6275","title":{"rendered":"Continental Irish Van of the Year 2014 awards shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transportparts.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMWA-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1446 alignleft\" alt=\"IMWA Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transportparts.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IMWA-Logo.jpg\" width=\"112\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a>The list of eligible vans for the title of Continental Irish Van of\u00a0the Year awards 2014 has been announced by the nine members of the Irish Motoring\u00a0Writers\u2019\u00a0Association (IMWA) Van of the Year Jury. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.transportparts.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IVOTY-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1448 alignright\" alt=\"IVOTY logo\" src=\"http:\/\/www.transportparts.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IVOTY-logo.jpg\" width=\"188\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a>The winner of the 2013 overall\u00a0Irish Van of the Year title will be\u00a0announced at an awards ceremony in\u00a0Dublin on\u00a0Thursday November 21, 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The eligible vans for this year\u2019s awards are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Continental Irish Van of the Year 2014 Contenders<br \/>\nMercedes-Benz Sprinter<br \/>\nNissan NV200<br \/>\nRenault Kangoo<br \/>\nToyota ProAce<\/p>\n<p>The Continental Irish Van of the Year jury is comprised of nine\u00a0specialist members of the IMWA. In order to find the\u00a0winning van and\u00a0category winners each year, the jury members assess each van that is\u00a0launched on the Irish market,\u00a0grading each vehicle on such attributes\u00a0as: value for money, versatility, build quality and performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the tough circumstances of the current commercial vehicle market\u00a0in Ireland, the overall guidance and reviews of the\u00a0IMWA van jury are a\u00a0great help to customers who are looking to renew their van or indeed\u00a0their company fleet\u201d, said\u00a0Tom Dennigan of Continental Tyres.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Byrne, Chairman of the IMWA Van Jury said: \u201cIn the context of the overall depressed market, we have a reduced number of entrants for this year\u2019s award \u2013 however, they are all excellent vehicles and it is still a wide open competition for the title\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of the Continental Irish Van of the Year 2013 category\u00a0award winners \u2013 Car-Derived Van and SUV\u00a0Commercial \u2013 will also be announced\u00a0in early January 2013. Here are the contenders for these two categories:<\/p>\n<p>Continental Irish Van of the Year 2014 &#8211;\u00a0Car Derived Vans<br \/>\nFord Focus van<br \/>\nHyundai iPro<br \/>\nMINI Clubvan<br \/>\nToyota Auris van<\/p>\n<p>Continental Irish Van of the Year 2014 &#8211; Commmercial SUVs<br \/>\nMitsubishi Outlander Comm<br \/>\nSSangYong Korando Commercial<br \/>\nSSangYong Korando Sport Pick-Up<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s Continental Irish Van of the Year title was awarded to\u00a0the Ford Transit Custom. \u00a0The Car-Derived Van and Commercial\u00a0SUV category awards\u00a0went to the Ford Fiesta and the Ford Ranger respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The list of eligible vans for the title of Continental Irish Van of\u00a0the Year awards 2014 has been announced by the nine members of the Irish Motoring\u00a0Writers\u2019\u00a0Association (IMWA) Van of the Year Jury. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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