Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is encouraging sales with new finance offers for the first quarter of 2009.

Simon Elliott, Volkswagen CV director, said: “In the current business climate we’ve tried to support our van centres and customers by making our new and used vans much more affordable without resorting to tactics which might jeopardise residual values, increase whole life costs and end up costing the customer more.”

Selected new models of the Caddy, Caddy Maxi and Transporter van ranges are now available until April on contract hire or finance lease programmes from £189, £209 and £229 a month, over 36 months at 10,000 miles per annum.

Until the end of February, Volkswagen CV is also offering used (57-registration) Caddy vans with less than 20,000 miles from only £99 a month, or Transporter vans with less than 15,000 miles for £129 a month as part of Volkswagen Assured Used programme.