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2010 has seen awards granted to the best vans in the industry this year. What Van? Britain’s top buyer’s guide scoured the world, searching for the best vans out there for their 2010 What Van? awards. Like any good reviewer, they have been critical and fair, so as to find the best vans out there for you, whether you are choosing to hire or buy a van. Here’s the top vans, What Van? has recommended in 2010.

Vans over the years have change somewhat, they have transformed into a vehicle that lasts longer and does not guzzle down as much fuel as it used to. With petrol increasing in price and Britain becoming more aware of its carbon footprint, emissions for vans have been lowered and vehicle requirements tightened.

Often, it is when you are moving to a new building that you would realize that intentionally or not you have stored quite a lot of items during your period of stay in your old building. And to make it worse, most of them would be too precious to be left behind or gifted by your loved ones which again make them priceless. And then you find out that your car is actually inadequate to move all these items at one go. What other option do you have but to search for a conveyance that can move all of them on a single trip without going back and forth collecting the remaining items? A van hire can solve these problems very easily.

The boxer panel van is Peugeot’s best selling light commercial van. Its consistent sales performance proves that this van is the number one choice for fleets due to its dependability and reliability. Here’s a review of the latest line up of the Boxer panel van from Peugeot.

The new model comes with 4 different power plant options available in 4 different models, 330, 350, 290 and 250. With the exception of the 290 model which is limited to 110bhp petrol engine. The rest of the 3 other models offer diesel and petrol engines.

The number one problem is becoming comfortable with the added length of the trailer and how best to manoeuvre it on the road.

So with this in mind, here are 9 tips to keep in mind to make sure you have a more secure road trip and feel more in control when towing a trailer.

1) Firstly, you should take a look through the manual. Trailers or caravans should have a manual or maybe just a safety label on the inside that will tell you what type of car you need to successfully tow your trailer. For instance, you don’t want to tow a caravan or trailer with small city car as it just won’t safe, not to mention powerful enough.