4 February 2011

Van of the Year category awards

The Land Rover Discovery 4 and Volkswagen Golf Van were voted Category Winners in the Continental Irish Van of the Year 2011 by the Irish Motoring Writers Association (IMWA) Van Jury.

All nine voting members of the IMWA Van Jury took part in the vote. In deciding on these category winners, the jury members took into account such attributes as load capacity, reliability, overall versatility, cost of ownership and drive comfort.

The awards were presented to Eddie Kavanagh, Land Rover Ireland and Niall Phillips of Volkswagen Ireland by Paddy Murphy of Continental Tyres Ireland

The Commercial SUV and Car Derived Van of the Year titles are category awards under the umbrella of the Continental Irish Van of the Year.

The overall Continental Irish Van of the Year award for 2011 was won by the Mercedes-Benz Vito.