Mission accomplished: the biggest take on the Ford Transit range completes the revision of the iconic brand in style
Business Vans verdict
Ford has finally produced the first ever heavy panel van that actually drives like a car. It’s capacious, easy to drive, and easy on costs.
Transit has been the UK’s best-selling van for 48 years now and with this new model on offer we can safely assume it’ll still be No 1 in another 48.
Backbone of business? You bet.
What you need to know
| On the road price ex VAT (as tested): | £28,495 |
| Load length: | 3494mm |
| Load width (max): | 1784mm |
| Load height (max): | 2025mm |
| Load capacity: | 12.4 cu m |
| Payload: | 1337kg |
| GVW: | 3500kg |
| Towing capacity braked/unbraked: | 2800kg/750kg |
| Engine: | 2.2-litre 4-cyl turbodiesel |
| Power/Torque: | 125hp/350Nm |
| Economy (combined): | 35.3mpg |
| CO2 emissions: | 212g/km |
It’s just miles to expensive: 28k plus vat that is seriously overpriced, they really have priced themselves out of the market.
Editor’s comment
Don’t forget Des this is for the larger 2 tonne model: the first time Ford has split its Transit range into 1 tonne (Transit Custom) and 2 tonne (Transit). The Transit’s price range is below that of the VW Crafter and Mercedes Sprinter panel vans which offer the same package.
Ralph Morton, editor