Ducato becomes the best-selling vehicle in Europe

The Ducato, Fiat’s much-loved commercial vehicle, turns 40 in 2021. In a perfect celebration of this milestone, the car was named as the best-selling commercial vehicle – of all segments – on the European market in 2020, for the first time ever.

According to Dataforce, the car has a market share of 20.5% with around 150,000 units sold.

The Italian car first began production in 1981 in Val di Sangro. It has grown and developed, passing major firsts for the industry with the most recent being, the first manufacturing plant in Italy to reopen after the first lockdown, in complete safety for its over 6,000 employees.

The Ducato, the large van has succeeded for commercial and personal purposes. Loved by companies for its space and versatility and by families as the perfect base for a motorhome. According to the company, in the last decade, 500,000 families have decided to travel in a Fiat Professional Ducato-based motorhome.

“A vacation aboard a Ducato-based motorhome is the ideal choice to combine adventure and freedom with safety and the peace of mind of your own four walls, and again last year provided total peace of mind for vacationing in the great outdoors, in a protected, self-sufficient environment that is easy to clean and sanitize,” Ducato said in a statement.

Going forward Fiat are aiming to push towards an all-electric Ducato that will offer various battery options with ranges from 230 to 360 km in a typical urban delivery cycle.

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