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market pay off for Fiat? Looking at the package within the context of the competition, the Doblo Cargo XL is a master stroke, slotting in perfectly between city vans and compact medium vans on the market. Fiat's Ducato is also helping to overcome a certain degree of undeserved stigma associated with the brand, and innovative iterations of the Doblo (such as the XL and Work-up dropside) are pushing their product into new avenues. Operators looking for more space from their city vans or a smaller footprint for their mid-sized vans could well be tempted by the package and, if our motorway economy test figure is anything to go by, savings on running costs , have the potential to be hugely beneficial when compared with larger vehicles. If 5m3 and one-tonne capacity is all you need, the Doblo XL is worth considering alongside more traditional choices.