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The What Van? Road Test: Fiat Professional Scudo

Date: Friday, September 16, 2022

Access to the cargo area is exemplary thanks to a sliding door on each side of the body plus twin rear doors which can be pushed through 90 degrees - and through 180 degrees if you unlatch the easy-to-release stays. 

Half-a-dozen load-lashing points are fitted, and a full-height steel bulkhead should prevent the occupants of the cab from coming to grief should items suddenly shoot forwards.

A hatch in the bottom of the bulkhead directly behind the outboard passenger seat allows extra-long items to be slid forwards into the three-seater cabin. Delivering an extra load length of 1,162mm and part of a package sold under the Moduwork banner, it’s a useful facility which ensures that over-length cargo doesn’t end up sticking out through the back doors.

To make full use of it just fold the outboard passenger seat cushion upwards, out of the way. Doing so creates 0.5m³ of extra carrying space, and you may wish to avail yourself of a seventh tie-down ring, located in the passenger seat foot-well.

A gross payload capacity in excess of 1.4t and a 2.5t braked towing weight are both healthy figures for a van of this size.

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