More than 200 Arval vans operated by Thales were driven to their nearest Manheim Auction centres at Colchester, Glasgow, Gloucester, Haydock and Leeds to be exchanged for new vehicles.

Arval representatives met with the Thales drivers and coordinated the handover of their new 09 plate vans.

The de-fleeted vans then had liveries removed, were valeted, marketed and entered for sale within Arval’s branded van auction programme.

More than 80% of the de-fleeted vans were Renault Kangoo SL19 1.5DCI vans in metallic silver with side door and air conditioning, which proved popular with both trade and end-user buyers.