2023
Automatic
Tax: n/a
Mileage: 65
Electric
2024
Manual
Mileage: 256
Diesel
2021
Mileage: 946
Mileage: 58,721
2022
Mileage: 63,430
Mileage: 72,700
Mileage: 77,200
2019
Mileage: 95,416
2020
Mileage: 65,921
Mileage: 10
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The Fiat Ducato. It's the company's largest van, the flagship of its commercial vehicle range since 1981 and, according to the Italian brand, the most important model in its LCV line-up. That's certainly the case in mainland Europe, where it's the best selling commercial vehicle of any kind, regardless of category, number one in terms of sales in twelve different countries. Here though, it's a less familiar sight than it should be on our roads, something Fiat set out to change when it launched the much improved 'X290'-series sixth generation version in 2014, a design enhanced first in 2020, then again in 2022 and 2024 to create the model we're going to look at here. The fundamentals here are pretty familiar because they're shared with four other competing models in the large van segment, the Peugeot Boxer, the Citroen Relay, the Vauxhall Movano and (latterly) the Toyota Proace Max. Fiat used to use its own powerplants, but now sources those from the same Stellantis parts bin as its competing clones. The core reasons you might want a Ducato lie as before with the wide range of body styles and the affordable running costs, aided here by the vast improvements made to the full-electric version.
Pounding the streets of Naples or Palermo is about as tough an assignment as you could think to put a commercial vehicle through, but it's here that Fiat's Ducato has earned a loyal following. If it can put up with that sort of traffic, heat-cycling, and punishment from potholes, cobbles and other road users, British conditions aren't going to make it break a sweat. This improved model builds on the toughness of its predecessor and adds a welcome layer of technical sophistication in both combustion and full-Electric forms. This model no longer has the engineering differentiations it used to enjoy over its Citroen, Peugeot and Vauxhall design stablemates, but the shared Stellantis powertrains are still very class-competitive, particularly if you want a full-EV. As before, the Italian brand has clearly thought long and hard about what operators actually want. Take things like this improved model's media connectivity and autonomous driving tech for instance. As a result, if your business is in the market for a large van, it may very well be that you really need to go for an Italian.
