About the Commercial Vehicle Centre
History of the Commercial Vehicle Centre
Commercial Vehicle Centre was established in 1985 after a locally-based company purchased H E Melhop Ltd from the Melhop family, who was the first company in New Zealand to import the Nissan (Datsun) and UD Truck products from Japan. H E Melhop had two branches - one in Invercargill and one in Dunedin.
In 1989 Commercial Vehicle Centre opened its first Christchurch branch in Blenheim Road, and in 1997 shifted to a purpose-built site at Sockburn. A similar new premise was completed in Dunedin in 2003. CVC has since expanded into Nelson and Invercargill and created a dedicated truck dismantling workshop in Dunedin.
Four Great Locations for South Island-wide Service
Commercial Vehicle Centre is a South Island owned and operated company that operates from four locations in Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, and Nelson. We also have Parts and Service agents in other strategic locations throughout the South Island, offering a 24hour call-out service.
All four branches have large well-equipped workshops, servicing UD Trucks and Hyundai Trucks as well as all other heavy transport-related equipment. Our Nelson branch is the local service agent for Southpac servicing their Kenworth, DAF and Cummins products and our Invercargill and Dunedin branches also are parts and service agents for Western Star and MAN trucks.
- CVC Christchurch, 8 Waterloo Rd, Sockburn. Tel 03 3490044
- CVC Dunedin, 12 Strathallan St, Dunedin. Tel 03 4556449
- CVC Dismantling. 8 McLeods Rd Dunedin Tel 03 4792992
- CVC Invercargill, 120 Bill Richardson Dr, Invercargill. Tel 03 2158250
- CVC Nelson, 551 Lower Queen St, Richmond. Tel 03 5464605
New and Used Trucks for Sale
Commercial Vehicle Centre sells a complete range of new UD Trucks (Nissan Diesel) and is the South Island distributor of Hyundai Trucks. With our four sales locations, we have the largest range of new and used trucks in the South Island. We also have a comprehensive range of UD Truck parts at all locations, as well as a large stock of other truck and trailer parts.
Truck Dismantling and Second-hand Parts
CVC is also a specialist truck dismantler. Not only do we dismantle and salvage trucks at all our South Island centres, but we also have a stand-alone branch in Dunedin where we concentrate on the UD Trucks (Nissan Diesel) product only.
MITO Heavy Transport Apprenticeship with CVC
Commercial Vehicle Centre proudly participates in MITO’s Heavy Traffic Apprenticeship scheme. At any one time, we have three apprentices in our workshops and are proud to be involved in their ongoing training and mentorship.
We also offer pre-training work experience.
