Faults:

Failures in ABS/ESP sensors (especially rear axle) and errors in the crankshaft or camshaft sensor, causing emergency modes.

Oil leaks, especially in the 2.3 engine which is the one this van has.

Jerking when cold in the Hi-Matic automatic transmission.

AdBlue blockages.

Terrible, practically nonexistent, after-sales service. If you live in Australia and own an Iveco vehicle, you're better off living in or near a large city.

General Comments:

Like almost every Daily (I drove several before this one, older models), it's strong, reliable and fit for purpose.

The IVECO Dailys are commercial vehicles, make no mistake. They are not trying to be cars or luxury people-movers, they are designed to work. But having said that, they are still comfortable vehicles to drive and have all the safety features you’d expect from a European vehicle.

The Daily models that came out after 2023 are focused on comfort, driveability and safety, and although subtle, they were nonetheless significant. Firstly, the driver got a new seat, and it’s a beauty. It’s a suspension seat with memory foam and a higher headrest.

I didn’t have a complaint about the comfort level in the Daily. The seat is adjustable for the weight of the driver and also has a handy adjustable armrest for those long trips.

The steering is now electric rather than hydraulic. It’s direct and beautifully weighted for highway driving. However, if you’re in the tight stuff in the city or doing a lot of manoeuvring, you can hit the “City” button on the top of the dash to put the steering into City mode and that makes it significantly lighter.

The van has Iveco's smallest engine, the 2.3-liter turbodiesel with 136 hp. Despite not being large due to the van's size, I can't complain about its performance (you can easily drive on the highway at over 140-150 km/h without breaking a sweat). Fuel consumption is also surprisingly low, just over 10 liters per 100 km in normal driving (less than a Falcon or a Commodore!).

The interior offers a good mixture of comfort and functionality, the seats are great! The seating position is upright, as you’d expect with a van, but there is plenty of room to move around and a large footwell so you can easily get comfortable.

The view from the driver’s seat is great. The windows are big and the wing and rear-view mirrors give a broad view behind. The short snub nose is hardly visible from the seat and the extremities are easy to judge. There is also a rear camera for parking.

Back in the load space, the Daily is all business. The load area is accessed by a big sliding door on the left-hand side and wide barn doors at the rear, so loading by forklift would not be a problem.

It's certainly not one of the cheapest vans on the market, but it is one of the largest and most spacious. While the Daily, like any good Iveco, had a reputation for being truck-vans, this one is quite the opposite. Enormous, but it feels like you're driving a car.

Faults:

The van overall is great as an everyday work vehicle. It has never let me down once in 2.5 years of solid mileage (300 km per day, 5 days per week), and can carry a full 2 tonne payload (grudgingly).

Only negative is build quality. The model I have has the fuel tank located underneath the vehicle, but the ground clearance is far too low for the wheelbase. I've occasionly scraped the underside of the chassis coming over the crest of some driveways with short steep inclines. When the fuel tank gets disturbed from this, the fuel sender seal pops, and when you top up the tank you get an overflow through this seal (the new model has fuel tank on the other side and tucked up higher into the body - hey presto, no problems!)

I've also had the rear wheel arch seams inside the cargo area split away from the body due to fatigue from heavy loads. I've had to use body-filler to stop water leakage.

Interior is functional and comfortable enough, good layout and ergonomics. The factory fitted cargo-barrier is another bonus as with A/C you only cool the cab, and it's saved me losing my head from cargo coming forward a few times.

Servicing is quite expensive (labour price matches parts dollar for dollar these days), parts are reasonable. Though service intervals do vary up to 30k, it works out quite economically considering I am virtually operating a 2.5 tonne truck.

General Comments:

These vans are seriously reliable and apart from these issues, and the fact it is the first series of a brand new model, I would definitely buy another.