VW Commercial Vehicles director Robert Hazelwood wants steady growth to come from its dedicated van dealers.

“Moving into fresh segments is key to our strategy for expansion. Our aim is to grow our LCV network from 68 to 85 by 2011 and new outlets will come on stream this year in Glasgow, Liverpool and Ashford in Kent.

“After eight years of consecutively higher sales, we registered more than 30,000 units last year thanks to products like the Caddy and Transporter vans. Our target is 40,000 sales by 2015."

** See the forthcoming February 8 issue of AM magazine for the full interview with Robert Hazelwood **