What is it? TO give added appeal to the smallest Transit - the Courier - Ford has added this distinctive Sport trim to the range for the Ford Transit Courier Sport 1.5 TDCI 95PS. This makes good financial sense for Ford as Sport models of the Transit and Fiesta have always sold well. Plus, with Ford stopping production of the Fiesta [...]
THE smallest member of the Transit van range has been given welcome extra attitude in the form of a new Ford Transit Courier Sport model. On sale at the start of May, priced from £14,126 and offered with the choice of 100PS 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol engine or the 95PS 1.5-litre TDCi diesel - the changes for the Courier Sport are mainly [...]
FORD Transit tops the European and global sales league for cargo vans in 2015, with nearly 400,000 vans registered according to IHS Markit registration data. Raj Nair, Ford executive vice president, global product development, and chief technical officer, said: “We are focused on building our clear global leadership in trucks, vans and commercial vehicles. “While other manufacturers only offer their van [...]
THE roads are alive with new van and pick-up models, not to mention the new era of Euro 6 emissions regulations, so let's have a look at six of the best business vans. No better place to start than this year's Business Vans Awards 2016, dominated by the Luton-built Vauxhall Vivaro. What is Euro 6? The Euro 6 EU Legislation [...]
THE Transit Courier launched in 2014, completed Ford’s four-pronged attack on the commercial market with the expanded Transit range. Ford’s B-platform integrated style van is designed to take on established rivals such as the Fiat Fiorano, Peugeot Bipper, Citroen Nemo, Mercedes Citan and the Nissan NV200. The Transit Courier’s compact dimensions are perfectly suited to urban environments, where it slides [...]
Ford's Transit fleet order for the AA 400 Transit Custom fitted out for recovery 70 Transit Custom for Battery Assist 9 Transit Custom for Fuel Assist duties 70 Transit Courier for membership sales FORD is celebrating an AA order for over 550 Ford Transit vans - Custom and Courier models - maintaining its half share of the motoring organisation’s distinctive 3,000-vehicle fleet. The [...]
Ford helps Scotland's eight regional fire and rescue services FORMED in April 2013 by uniting Scotland’s eight regional fire and rescue services, the SFRS has a large and uniquely challenging territory to cover. The 11 Ford Transit Couriers which have joined the service face a tough, action-packed life across the country from the Highlands and islands to the [...]
Paulo Giantaglia, chief program engineer and his baby - the Ford Transit Courier. WHO better to give us an exclusive guided tour of the new Ford Transit Courier, than the chief program engineer, Paulo Giantaglia? Business Vans nabbed Paulo at the van's launch to get this exclusive tour of the Transit Courier. "What I am going to show [...]
The Courier fills the gap between the FiestaVan and the Transit Connect - and does a brilliant job of it.
The new Transit Courier will be offered with Ford's splendid EcoBoost petrol engine in addition to the more familiar diesels NOW, this might sound the sort of thing most van drivers would run a mile from. It’s brilliant to drive, remarkably quiet, and coped with the 250kg load as easily as the diesel A petrol van. And I [...]
The launch of the Courier puts Ford's small van offering in a different class David Hill of CDL: "It's class leading on RVs at 3 years/60,000 miles in its sector" IF you want a compact urban delivery van and don’t want to see your money to disappear while you’re on your delivery rounds, then the driving [...]
High hopes that in the Transit Courier Ford will have a genuine contender in the urban delivery market THE new Ford Transit Courier van will start at a price appealing £11,050 (ex VAT) and will be available from the second half of June (price list on the next page). Mark Easton, Ford's LCV product manager believes the [...]
And with that, Ford completes the set. The smallest of the all-new Transit range, the Transit Courier, had its first public showing at the CV Show this week FORD showcased its entire all-new Transit range at the CV Show, which also saw the debut of the smallest van in the range, the Ford Transit Courier. There's no doubt [...]
New Transit Courier completes the overhaul of the Ford Transit range THE introduction of the new Transit Courier when deliveries start in the summer completes the top-to-bottom redesign and expansion of the Ford Transit range in the UK. The 95hp 1.6-litre Duratorq TDCi achieves 76.3mpg Ford says the new model provides 10% more load volume than its direct [...]
Transit Courier: cheeky chappy personality FORD had a bit of a bash to launch the new Ford Transit Courier to the international van press corps prior to the van’s unveiling at the CV Show at Birmingham’s NEC. I had dinner at the event with Paul Wraith, Ford’s design supervisor, and the man responsible for designing the sharp looks [...]
