Truck VRT, model by model
The flat €200 rate looks simple until you meet the badge that sits on both sides of it. These model-by-model guides walk ten recovery-truck platforms across the 3.5-tonne line — showing exactly where each one becomes a Category C truck, and what a UK or NI import really costs once VAT and duty are added.
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23 July 2026 · Truck VRT by model
Iveco Daily: the badge that flips the bill
35S, 50C, 72C — why the same nameplate is a Category B van one minute and a €200 Category C truck the next.
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22 July 2026 · Truck VRT by model
Mercedes Sprinter: the body decides the tax
314, 516 or 519 — how the chassis-cab choice, not the badge, sends a Sprinter recovery truck to the flat €200.
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21 July 2026 · Truck VRT by model
Ford Transit: taxed as it stands on the ramp
350 versus 470, and why a converted Transit recovery truck is judged on the state it is presented in — not old van paperwork.
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20 July 2026 · Truck VRT by model
MAN TGE: one van, three badges, three bills
The Crafter's badge-engineered twin — why 3.180 and 5.180 sit on different sides of the VRT line despite a shared platform.
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19 July 2026 · Truck VRT by model
Renault Master: RWD, twin wheels, €200
The 3.5t front-driver versus the 4.5t rear-wheel-drive Master, and where payload pushes you over the line to the flat rate.
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18 July 2026 · Truck VRT by model
Isuzu Grafter: the urban recovery favourite
N35 or N75 — why the dependable city dépanneur is Category B at 3.5t but a flat €200 once you step up to 7.5 tonnes.
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17 July 2026 · Truck VRT by model
Nissan Cabstar & NT400: an ageing parc
Cabstar, NT400 and the 30-year rule — the classic alloy dropside, the badge change, and where an older UK import lands.
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16 July 2026 · Truck VRT by model
Fiat Ducato: the 3.5-tonne line, exactly
A light base that usually stays below the truck threshold — why most Ducatos pay a percentage, and which Maxi Heavy earns the €200.
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15 July 2026 · Truck VRT by model
Fuso Canter: 7.5 tonnes, flat €200
The 7C15 and 7C18 are firmly Category C — so the licence in your pocket, not the VRT, is the real gate on a Canter.
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14 July 2026 · Truck VRT by model
DAF LF: heavy-goods recovery, one flat charge
A slide-bed rig at 12 tonnes still pays the same €200 as a 3.5t van — but the VAT and the licence are a different story.