Most van reviews online are written by somebody who had a press vehicle for a week. Ours are written by a dealer who sells these vans to real buyers, and who sees what actually goes wrong, what holds its value, and what gets asked about at the point of sale. This section reviews vans one at a time — a single van on its own terms, never against a rival, because where two of them are a close call that is a comparison and it lives elsewhere. We have not reviewed every van on the used market, only the ones we know well enough to have an opinion worth reading. It all sits under our Van Guides hub.
In this guide
- Vauxhall Combo review — the small van that keeps undercutting its rivals on price without giving much away.
- Fiat Doblo review — a genuinely capable small van that gets talked about far less than it deserves.
- Vauxhall Vivaro review — the medium van we see more of than any other, and what your money actually buys used.
- Why the Transit Custom still rules — the closest thing we have to a full review of Britain’s default medium van.
- What Van of the Year actually means — how the award is decided, and how much weight to give it when you are buying used.
- Van of the Year 2025: Transit Custom — why it won, and whether that matters when you are buying one used.
- Van of the Year 2026 — the next award, once there is a winner worth writing up.
The Vauxhall Vivaro is roughly a quarter of every van we have ever sold, so it was the review we most wanted to write, and it is now in the list above.
Where to go next
A review tells you what a van is like; it cannot tell you what is for sale near you today. See what we have in stock now, or ring us for a straight opinion on a specific one. Weighing two against each other instead? Van comparisons.
