Asda takes another 250 Daily chassis cabs 22 March 2013

Iveco is delivering a further 250 3.5-tonne Dailys to supermarket giant Asda, as part of a total order for 700 identical light commercials placed during 2012 for its home delivery operations.

The latest Daily chassis cabs to enter service have been mounted with Solomon multi-compartment refrigerated bodies and predominantly Hubbard temperature control units.

Sean Clifton, Asda's grocery home shopping fleet contract manager, explains that this specification allows the retailer to transport a mix of ambient, chilled and frozen produce.

Each of the vehicles is powered by a 2.3-litre FPT Industrial engine capable of delivering up to 106bhp between 2,700 and 3,900rpm, and up to 270Nm of torque between 1,800 and 2,600rpm.

This latest Daily 35S11 AGile order boosts the Asda home shopping fleet to more than 1,600 vehicles nationwide – of which 1,150 will be Dailys.

The manufacturer now has a 100% share of Asda's home delivery fleet orders during 2011 and 2012, following a successful trial of 50 Dailys back in 2010.

"Asda conducted trials with the Daily three years ago and, on the strength of its performance and projected whole life costs, we've been steadily growing our fleet with Iveco vehicles ever since," explains Clifton.

Commenting on the performance of the Dailys, he adds: "Our home delivery operation is one of the most challenging applications for any light commercial vehicle, due to the length of each vehicle's working day and the number of loads we carry every 24 hours."

Author
John Challen

Related Companies
Hubbard Products Ltd
Iveco
Solomon Commercials Ltd

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