mercedes vito or toyota hiace?

dickysdeals

Hello,

I here that these two vans are the the two most reliable vans for thier size catorgory, but i cant find anywhere what one is better for fuel.

Can anyone help me or bring to my attention a good van that is both reliable and good on fuel!?!?

p.s must be the same size!

Lemonade_Pockets

Van's tend not to have quoted MPG because it varies massively depending what you are carrying.

The trafic/primistar/vivaro's are good. Reasonably fuel efficent too i've had circa 40mpg on a light load - mainly on A roads and Motorways but i never hang about

dickysdeals

thx, sorry i dnt understand the word circa!?!? are the trafic/primistar/vivaro all the same shape and size as each other, ive seen alot of these about and they just look a little bit to wide. thats why i was opting for the hiace and vito because i think they are slightly thinner and will fit on my drive more comfortably!?!?

p.s im not getting emails when i get a reply, and I have to find my thread manually it doesnt show up in my subscribed threads or n e thing, do you know why this is?

Lemonade_Pockets

No idea about the email bit.

Circa just means about or in the range of.

Yes they are all the same as each other, worth measuring up tho - there is a reason why they are popular. Best thing to do is arrange a test drive for the vito or vw then you can try out the MPG and see how it fits in your drive.

goldspanners

DONT GO FOR A VITO!
they cost too much to buy, too much on fuel, too much for spares (which you will most definatly need) and merc dealers just arent interested in you or your van, even the commercial dealerships.
i had a vito, it was fast,very fast for a van,but in the time i had it every time one thing got fixed another thing broke, it was a constant cycle, and the other vitos in mour fleet are much the same.
ive got a new shape transit,its brilliant, good on fuel,very comfortable to drive and quite quick off the mark ( for a van anyway)
i have had a nissan primastar in the past and can recommend these aswell. have heard good reports about the toyotas too.

but for me it would be the transit any day of the week.
i can get 40 mpg out of the transit,easily getting 500 miles from a full tank.

dickysdeals

ok, thanks alot for your help.

dickysdeals

ok thanks for your advice goldspanners. did you know the vito drew 4th with the hiace for the most reliable van!?!?

goldspanners

dickysdeals wrote: »

ok thanks for your advice goldspanners. did you know the vito drew 4th with the hiace for the most reliable van!?!?

who was first? who done the research?

jeannieblue

Blimey - actually agree with Goldenspangles........

Go for the Hiace!

gingerdad

I would vote for the Traffic/Primastar/Vivaro. we 6 of these mainly the traffic, and much better than the VW Transporter/Vito/Hiace.... we do approx 40k per year in each and the oldest one on the fleet is a 54 due to go soon seem to get probelms after 150k miles, we have had vitos in the past and run a transporter on our fleet now, but the traffic etc.. is a much better work horse.

GD

dickysdeals

goldspanners wrote: »

who was first? who done the research?

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