Select commercial dealerships when buying a business vehicle

Commercial dealerships offer selection and immediate availability of the more common business vehicles you may need such as a commercial delivery truck or commercial van. Their service departments also understand you need your business vehicle, so they are prepared to get you in and out for oil changes and other routine maintenance your commercial vehicle needs.

I recommend: GM Fleet provides an easy directory of every commercial dealership by simply typing in the city name, zip or dealership name. All listings for that city display in the next pane. Visit the location, and browse their business fleets. Call and advise the dealership that you are buying a business vehicle and your exact needs, and they can tell you if they stock your vehicle or they can provide ordering information.

Choose specialty trucks for special needs

Commercial and specialty vehicle dealerships include special vehicles such as medical or food product mobile vehicles. You can also find a custom commercial van, such as mobile car detailing units, included in this list. Ask your dealership representative to personalize your custom van to fit your business needs.

I recommend: Farber offers medical specialty trucks such as bloodmobiles, as well as dental, mammography and general health screening trucks. They also make bookmobiles and computer labs mobile units. Armenco designs and sells mobile catering trucks and kitchens. Look at their entire line of food specialty vehicles. Quality Van Sales is a commercial van dealer specializing in custom van conversions. They make hotel shuttle vans for your limousine service and wheelchair vans for para-transit businesses. Ask if they can custom design a van conversion for your business.

Purchase used specialty vehicles and save

Buying a commercial truck is quite expensive, so check into used vehicles available for your business.

I recommend: GM certified used vehicles locates all used vehicles in your area, after you tell them the make, model, year and zip code you are looking for. You can also check your local newspaper want ads or trade journals, such as Truck Trader, for used specialty vehicles. Use the search tool and find the exact used truck per your specifications.